Collaboration agreement review
Free Collaboration Agreement Review
Upload the collaboration or cooperation agreement and see who owns what you make together, who pays for what, and how either side can step away.
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This is information, not legal advice. We are not a law firm.
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Six things worth checking in a collaboration agreement
Joint ownership of what you create.
Check whether each side can use, license or sell the joint result without the other's consent.
What each side brings — and keeps.
Look for a list of each party's existing materials that stay theirs.
Costs and revenue.
Check who pays for what, and how any income from the collaboration is split.
The end date and renewal.
Check whether the agreement ends on a date, on a project milestone, or renews.
Leaving early.
Look at what happens to shared work, data and IP if one side walks away.
Publicity and credit.
Check who may announce the collaboration and how each side is named.
What collaboration agreements in a public contract dataset contain
We counted clauses in the 26 collaboration agreements among 510 public-company commercial contracts from the CUAD dataset (The Atticus Project, CC BY 4.0). These are larger-company deals, not a sample of every collaboration agreement — use them as a reference point, not a rule.
Stands out
- A notice deadline to stop renewal: 1 of 26 (3.8%) — across all 510 contracts: 21.8%.
- A renewal term: 5 of 26 (19.2%) — across all 510 contracts: 34.5%.
- Joint IP ownership: 6 of 26 (23.1%) — across all 510 contracts: 9.0%.
| Clause | In these 26 | Across all 510 |
|---|---|---|
| A cap on liability | 14 (53.8%) | 275 (53.9%) |
| Liability left uncapped for some breaches | 5 (19.2%) | 111 (21.8%) |
| A right to end the contract without cause | 9 (34.6%) | 183 (35.9%) |
| An assignment of IP ownership | 9 (34.6%) | 124 (24.3%) |
| A non-compete | 8 (30.8%) | 119 (23.3%) |
| An insurance requirement | 8 (30.8%) | 166 (32.5%) |
In this set, collaboration agreements shared IP ownership more often than the average contract but rarely set a renewal term or a notice deadline — so how it ends is often left open.
Small sample: with 26 contracts, one contract moves a percentage by about 3.8 points. A clause being rare here is not a reason to leave it out of yours.
Source: CUAD v1, The Atticus Project, CC BY 4.0. Counts are ours — see the full method on /data/cuad.
What's free
- One contract analysis, free forever — no credit card.
- Your risk score, and every finding in the collaboration agreement listed by name and severity.
- Your two most important findings explained in full, with wording you can ask for.
- PDF and Word download of your free report.
- The remaining findings stay locked until you unlock the report for $9 once, or start a plan.
Free — one analysis, no card. · $9 — unlock one full report. · Pro $19/month — full reports, 30 analyses a month.
How the analysis works
Upload your contract
Choose your side
See the risks
Know what to ask for
Not a chat window: the whole document goes through the same analysis every time, and findings quote the clause they came from. See the side-by-side.
Questions people ask
Is the collaboration agreement review free?
Yes — your first analysis is free for good, one contract per account, no card. You get the risk score and every finding by name, with the two most important explained in full. The rest are listed but locked until you unlock the report for $9 or start a plan.
Is this the same as a partnership?
Not necessarily. Many collaboration agreements say explicitly that no partnership is created. The analysis points out what your document says on that.
Can creators use this for a joint project?
Yes. Two creators or studios working on one project often sign exactly this kind of agreement.
Is my collaboration agreement private?
It is private to your account and is never used to train models. Uploaded files are deleted after 30 days. From 30 September 2026, your report stays in your account until you delete it.
Other contract types we check
- Any contract
- NDA
- Lease
- Freelance contract
- Employment contract
- Service agreement
- Development agreement
- Supply agreement
- License agreement
- Distribution agreement
- Franchise agreement
- Manufacturing agreement
- Maintenance agreement
- Sponsorship agreement
- IP agreement
- Strategic alliance agreement
- Joint venture agreement
- Co-branding agreement
- Marketing agreement
- Outsourcing agreement
- Hosting agreement
- Endorsement agreement
- Encrypted in transit & at rest
- Files auto-deleted after 30 days
- Never used to train models
- Informational — not legal advice