If you are a little more than a one-man design shop, your best bet is probably AIGA Standard Agreement for Design Services, which is closest to the industry standard for design contracts. This is a fairly complex document, and you can find some legal instructions in the PDF version, but the most important thing to understand is that this agreement has 3 different variants: one for printing, one for web publishing and one for three-dimensional works like product types and installations. 11.2 This agreement may be terminated at any time by one of the parties, with immediate effect or with the mutual agreement of the parties, or if one party can be terminated: other provisions are the „Design Tools“ clause and the „Kill Fee“. The first allows you to retain the full rights to code or font snippets that you integrate into several projects. At the end of a project, you will probably assign ownership of your work to the client, but these tools will be allowed separately so you can recycle it. They simply give the customer the right to continue using the tools. Kill`s tax is a designer`s best friend: If the client abandons the project after already starting work, you must receive a percentage or at least a fixed cancellation fine. (b) the designer assures, guarantees and assures the customer that (i) with the exception of the materials and content of the third-party clientele, the elements of the final delivery are the original work of the designer and/or his independent contractors; (ii) where the final elements of the delivery include the work of independent contractors; who were commissioned by Designer for the project, the designers must have secure agreements on the part of these contractors who grant all the rights, titles and interests on and on the final delivery elements that are sufficient to allow designers to grant the intellectual property rights provided by this agreement and (iii) in good conscience, the final art provided by designer designers and subcontractors does not infringe the rights of a party and the use of the same rights related to the project does not infringe the rights of third parties. In the event that the customer or a third party otherwise alters or uses delivery items outside the range or for purposes not mentioned in the proposal or in this contract or that violates the terms of this Agreement, not all insurance and guarantees provided by Designer are valid. All screens or publications of deliverables carry accreditation and/or copyright in the name of the designer in form, size and position, as they are arranged by designers in delivery components or otherwise by designers. Designer reserves the right to reproduce, publish and display delivery items in designers` portfolios and websites, as well as in galleries, design magazines and other media or exhibitions, for the purpose of recognizing creative excellence or professional development, and to be credited with the authorship of the delivery elements related to these uses.