IP assignment and confidentiality in India GCCs
Not legal advice. If India is creating code, models, designs, or process IP, assignment and confidentiality need to be explicit.
This matters even more under Employer of Record, where the employment relationship is intermediated. Your commercial agreements with the EOR and the employee documentation should make ownership and duties unambiguous.
Minimum operator checklist
- IP assignment language covering employees and contractors
- Confidentiality and data handling rules people actually see
- Open-source and third-party code policy for engineering teams
- Exit certification for returning devices and access
- Vendor contracts that do not accidentally own your work product
30 / 60 / 90
- 30: Contract review for current hiring model.
- 60: Gaps closed before the next inventive project starts.
- 90: Engineer and manager training on the practical rules.
Takeaway
IP hygiene is cheaper on day one than in a dispute.
Get counsel to pressure-test your EOR and entity paperwork.