What is The Correct Legal Interpretation of This Contractural Language? Business Contracts

Contract review, especially when only a very small snippet of the whole contract is provided, is beyond the scope of this site. Take the whole contract to an attorney to review.

 

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Could it be? Sure. That's something that should be addressed by the parties in their contract.

 

If the other party proposed something you think is vague, then you and the other party need to discuss it and, if appropriate, change the language in the final document so that it's less vague.

I review contracts every day. When those contracts haven't yet been signed, I take the opportunity to ensure that the language isn't vague and, if it is, I suggest to my internal clients that they seek clarification and, if necessary, negotiate different language that is clear. Vagueness is a recipe for expensive litigation.

It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if ten different lawyers gave you five different interpretations.

 

My opinion for the two cents that it's worth is that it's a stretch but, yes, there is a risk that publicly displaying your work product could be interpreted as submitting the work to a third party.

According to Merriam-Webster "submit" is a transitive verb meaning "to present or propose to another for review, consideration, or decision."

It seems clear that your purpose in publicly displaying your work on your website is to induce potential customers to review your work, consider doing business with you and decide to do business with you. That you don't hand a sample of your work to any particular person does not appear to be relevant.

I also suggest you have your attorney review that provision and suggest other wording that would specifically allow you to display your work on your website. If the potential client won't go along with that change, you'll have to decide whether his business is worth enough to you to never display that particular work on your website.