Worqly · You paid for the code. You may not own it.

You paid for the code. You may not own it.

Developers in Vietnam, Indonesia and Latin America keep legal ownership of what they build unless very specific documents exist. Most companies don't have them.

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What we do

We tell you who owns your code, and fix it if they don't.

Every contractor agreement gets scored against the law where your developer works. You get a report: which contracts hold, which don't, and what closes the gap.

The problem

Your contract says one thing. Their law says another.

"Work made for hire" transfers nothing in Hanoi, Jakarta or Mexico City. It surfaces in diligence, not before.

How it works

Three steps. Seventy-two hours.

01

Book a call

Twenty minutes. We calculate your exposure before we speak.

02

Send your contracts

A short intake. NDA signed before anything is uploaded.

03

Get your report

Every clause scored against the statute. Fixed where it's broken.

Who this is for

Series A. Offshore teams. Real exposure.

Companies with three or more contractors outside the US or EU.

Why this, not a general opinion

We cite the article, not an impression of it.

Vietnam's IP Law decides who owns code written there. Indonesia's moral rights law decides what never transfers, no matter what was signed. Every finding in your report traces back to a specific statute, not a guess.

IP Law 07/2022/QH15 (Vietnam) · Law 28/2014 on Copyright (Indonesia)
Built by a former Band-1 corporate and international tax associate who scaled compliance across 100+ countries for a YC-backed company.
Before you book

What people ask before the call.

Is this legal advice?
No. It's an operational risk assessment: every clause scored against the statute, every gap cited to the article it comes from. What to do about it is a decision for your counsel.
Will you sign an NDA?
Yes, by default. It executes before any document upload is possible.
What happens to our contracts?
Encrypted, access-logged, never used to train a model. Deleted thirty days after delivery.
What if you find nothing?
Then the fee converts to credit against future work. You don't pay for an empty result.
What does it cost?
Fixed, not a retainer. The figure is given on the call, once we know the shape of your team.
We already use Deel or Remote.
They move the money. Neither checks whether your agreements hold up under Vietnamese or Indonesian law. This runs alongside, not instead.
Why now

It doesn't show up as a fine. It shows up as a stalled deal.

This surfaces at exactly two moments: when you raise, and when you sell. Counsel asks for chain-of-title in the data room, or a buyer's lawyer finds the gap mid-diligence. Both times, it costs more than the audit would have.

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Worqly

Worqly provides operational risk-mitigation and compliance-workflow automation. Worqly is not a law firm, does not provide legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship.

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