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Consulting Services Agreement

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This consulting services agreement is between Name Business / Individual , an individual State Type of Business (the "Company") and Name Business / Individual , an individual State Type of Business (the "Consultant").

The Company is in the business of Description and wants to engage the Consultant to Description .Yes / No   Specifically, the Company wants the Consultant to do the following: Description .

The Consultant has performed the same or similar activities for others.

The parties therefore agree as follows:

1. ENGAGEMENT; SERVICES.

2. TERM AND TERMINATION.

3. COMPENSATION.

4. NATURE OF RELATIONSHIP; INVENTIONS.

5. USE OF TRADEMARKS.

The Consultant may use, reproduce, and distribute the Company's service marks, trademarks, and trade names (if any) (collectively, the "Company Marks") in connection with the performance of the Services. Any goodwill received from this use will accrue to the Company, which will remain the sole owner of the Company Marks. The Consultant may not engage in activities or commit acts, directly or indirectly, that may contest, dispute, or otherwise impair the Company's interest in the Company Marks. The Consultant may not cause diminishment of value of the Company Marks through any act or representation. The Consultant may not apply for, acquire, or claim any interest in any Company Marks, or others that may be confusingly similar to any of them, through advertising or otherwise. At the expiration or earlier termination of this agreement, the Consultant will have no further right to use the Company Marks, unless the Company provides written approval for each such use.

6. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

Yes / No

7. REPORTING. Yes / No

The Consultant shall report to Name or such other officer or employee as may be designated by the Company. The Consultant shall provide a Frequency written summary report to the Company on its progress. Reports shall consist of Description .

8. OTHER ACTIVITIES.

During the Term, the Consultant is free to engage in other independent contracting activities, except that the Consultant may not accept work, enter into contracts, or accept obligations inconsistent or incompatible with the Consultant's obligations or the scope of Services to be rendered for the Company under this agreement.

9. RETURN OF PROPERTY.

Within Days days of the expiration or earlier termination of this agreement, the Consultant shall return to the Company, retaining no copies or notes, all Company products, samples, models, property, and documents relating to the Company's business including reports, abstracts, lists, correspondence, information, computer files, computer disks, and other materials and copies of those materials obtained by the Consultant during and in connection with its work with the Company. All files, records, documents, blueprints, specifications, information, letters, notes, media lists, original artwork or creative work, notebooks, and similar items relating to the Company's business, whether prepared by the Consultant or by others, remain the Company's exclusive property.

10. INDEMNIFICATION.

11. FORCE MAJEURE.

A party will not be considered in breach or in default because of, and will not be liable to the other party for, any delay or failure to perform its obligations under this agreement by reason of fire, earthquake, flood, explosion, strike, riot, war, terrorism, or similar event beyond that party's reasonable control (each a "Force Majeure Event"). However, if a Force Majeure Event occurs, the affected party shall, as soon as practicable:

12. GOVERNING LAW.

13. AMENDMENTS.

No amendment to this agreement will be effective unless it is in writing and signed by a party or its authorized representative.

14. ASSIGNMENT AND DELEGATION.

15. COUNTERPARTS; ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES.

16. SEVERABILITY.

If any one or more of the provisions contained in this agreement is, for any reason, held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, that invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability will not affect any other provisions of this agreement, but this agreement will be construed as if those invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provisions had never been contained in it, unless the deletion of those provisions would result in such a material change so as to cause completion of the transactions contemplated by this agreement to be unreasonable.

17. NOTICES.

18. WAIVER.

No waiver of a breach, failure of any condition, or any right or remedy contained in or granted by the provisions of this agreement will be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the party waiving the breach, failure, right, or remedy. No waiver of any breach, failure, right, or remedy will be deemed a waiver of any other breach, failure, right, or remedy, whether or not similar, and no waiver will constitute a continuing waiver, unless the writing so specifies.

19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.

This agreement constitutes the final agreement of the parties. It is the complete and exclusive expression of the parties' agreement about the subject matter of this agreement. All prior and contemporaneous communications, negotiations, and agreements between the parties relating to the subject matter of this agreement are expressly merged into and superseded by this agreement. The provisions of this agreement may not be explained, supplemented, or qualified by evidence of trade usage or a prior course of dealings. Neither party was induced to enter this agreement by, and neither party is relying on, any statement, representation, warranty, or agreement of the other party except those set forth expressly in this agreement. Except as set forth expressly in this agreement, there are no conditions precedent to this agreement's effectiveness.

20. HEADINGS.

The descriptive headings of the sections and subsections of this agreement are for convenience only, and do not affect this agreement's construction or interpretation.

21. EFFECTIVENESS.

This agreement will become effective when all parties have signed it. The date this agreement is signed by the last party to sign it (as indicated by the date associated with that party's signature) will be deemed the date of this agreement.

22. NECESSARY ACTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES.

Each party shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions necessary or desirable to consummate and make effective the transactions this agreement contemplates or to evidence or carry out the intent and purposes of this agreement.

SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS

Each party is signing this agreement on the date stated opposite that party's signature.

Consulting Name
Date:__________________________________ By:____________________________________________________________
Name: Consulting Name Alt Consulting Name Alt Consulting Name
Title:  Alt Consulting Title
Consultant Name
Date:__________________________________ By:____________________________________________________________
Name: Consultant Name Biz Consultant Name Alt Consultant Name
Title: Biz Consultant Title

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EXHIBIT A
DUTIES, SPECIFICATIONS, AND COMPENSATION

1. DUTIES.

The Consultant shall perform the following services: Consultant Describe Task .



2. SPECIFICATIONS.

The parties agree to the following additional specifications about the work/services to be provided: Consultant Addtional Work Details .



3. COMPENSATION.

As full compensation for the Services rendered under this agreement, the Company shall pay the ConsultantSingle lump-sum payment / Several installment payments   the sum of $ Amount , to be paid as a lump-sum payment on Date when the Services are completed. Specific dates / Events   a fee of $ Amount , payable in two / three / four installments.

SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS

Each party is signing this Exhibit A on the date stated opposite that party's signature.

Consulting Name
Date:______________________________ By:____________________________________________________________
Name: Name Yes / No Consulting Name Name
Title: Title
Consultant Name
By:____________________________________________________________
Name: Name Yes / No Consultant Name Name
Title: Title





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EXHIBIT B
LIST OF PRIOR INVENTIONS AND ORIGINAL WORKS OF AUTHORSHIP

1. Except as listed in section 2 below, the following is a complete list of all Prior Inventions that were made, conceived, or first reduced to practice by the Consultant, alone or jointly with others, before its agreement with the Company:

Title Date Identifying Number or Brief Description
The Consultant has no inventions or improvements to list _____________
(Initials)
I have attached _____ additional sheets to this Exhibit B. _____________
(Initials)

2. Because of an existing confidentiality agreement and the duties of confidentiality that the Consultant owes to the parties listed below, the Consultant cannot complete the disclosure in section 1 above with respect to the inventions or improvements listed generally below:

Invention or Improvement Party Names Relationship
I have attached _____ additional sheets to this Exhibit B. _____________
(Initials)
Date: __________________________________
By:____________________________________________________________
Name: Consultant Name Biz Consultant Name Alt Consultant Name
Title:  Biz Consultant Title