--- title: "Contract Management: Rights and Obligations | Pitch" description: "Once a contract is final, we pull out each party's duties and rights with the clause they come from, have a person confirm them, and follow them with reminders." url: https://www.pitch.law/technologies/contract-obligations --- [pitch](https://www.pitch.law/) [Technology](https://www.pitch.law/technologies) [Contracts & transactions](https://www.pitch.law/technology-categories/contract-generator) # Contract Management: Rights and Obligations Once a contract is final, we pull out each party's duties and rights with the clause they come from, have a person confirm them, and follow them with reminders. ## What it does Most contract disputes don't come from what the contract says. They come from what nobody remembered it said: a notice period that lapsed, an option that was never exercised, a reporting duty that was missed, a quality standard nobody checked. After signature, a contract usually goes into a folder and the people who negotiated it move on. The rights and obligations register turns a finished contract into a structured list of who must do what, and by when. It doesn't replace reading the contract. It makes sure the commitments in it are still visible when they matter. ## Functions ### Extraction of duties and rights When a contract is final, the register pulls out the duties and rights of each party. Typical entries are payment and reporting duties, delivery or acceptance deadlines, exclusivity and territory restrictions, minimum purchase or royalty commitments, audit rights, confidentiality duties, termination rights and renewal terms. Each entry says which party it concerns, what has to happen and, where the contract allows, by when. ### Link to the source clause Every entry carries the text of the clause it came from. Nobody has to trust a summary: you can see the wording behind it. That matters when an entry is questioned, and it makes the lawyer's check quick, because the entry sits right next to its clause. ### Confirmation by a person Nothing is tracked until a person has confirmed it. A lawyer reads the proposed entries against the contract, corrects or removes what's wrong, and adds what was missed. Only confirmed entries become part of the register. Contracts are full of conditions and cross-references, and that human check is what makes the register reliable. ### Reminders for notice periods and option windows For entries with a date, the register sets reminders. The most useful are the ones that are easy to miss: the date a non-renewal notice must be given, the window in which an option can be exercised, the day a reporting duty falls due, the end of a trial or ramp-up period. A missed notice date can mean an automatic renewal for another year, so we follow these dates explicitly. As with every computed date at the firm, a person confirms the date before a reminder is set. ### Overview per contract and per counterparty You get one view of what a contract requires from each side, and a way to see all commitments towards one counterparty, for example a distributor with a licence, a supply agreement and a data-sharing agreement running at once. The same overview helps when a contract is amended, renewed or terminated, because the affected entries are easy to find. The register is only as good as the confirmation step, so it records who confirmed each entry. If a contract is later amended, the affected entries are reopened and confirmed again, which keeps the register in line with the text in force. ## What you receive - a confirmed list of the rights and obligations of each party, each with its source clause; - reminders for notice periods, option windows and reporting dates; - an overview you can use in contract management, renewal planning and when preparing for a dispute or a due diligence; - a lawyer's confirmation on every entry before it is followed. A walk-through: a three-year trademark licence is signed. The register proposes entries such as the quarterly royalty report, the audit right, the quality-approval duty and the date by which non-renewal must be notified. The attorney compares each entry with its source clause, corrects a reporting date that was cross-referenced to a definition, and confirms the list. From then on, reminders go out ahead of each date, and the entries are there when the contract is amended or renewed. ## Where it is used We use the register after [commercial contracts and transactions](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/commercial-contracts-transactions) are signed, so supply, services and distribution commitments don't get forgotten. It's central to [trademark licensing](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/trademark-licensing), where quality control, reporting and renewal dates run for years, and to [data licensing and sharing](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/data-licensing-sharing). It also supports [brand policy compliance](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/online-brand-compliance), where the duties in distribution and reseller agreements are the basis for action against non-compliant sellers. For the background, see [distribution and reseller agreements](https://www.pitch.law/academy/distribution-reseller-agreements), [licensing agreements](https://www.pitch.law/academy/licensing-agreements) and [transferring and licensing a trademark](https://www.pitch.law/academy/trademark-transfer-licensing-recordals). We prepare the contracts themselves on [our Document Studio](https://www.pitch.law/technologies/contract-studio). ## In short - Rights and duties of each party extracted from the signed text - Every entry linked to its source clause - Confirmed by a person before it is tracked - Reminders for notice periods and option windows - A clear overview long after signature ## Related solutions - [Solutions](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/online-brand-compliance) ### [Brand Policy Compliance](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/online-brand-compliance) [We help brand owners get distributors, resellers and licensees to follow the brand rules, through the contract, monitoring and a graduated response.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/online-brand-compliance) - [Solutions](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/commercial-contracts-transactions) ### [Commercial Contracts & Transactions](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/commercial-contracts-transactions) [Supply, distribution, services, SaaS and procurement contracts, and the deals around them, drafted and reviewed with the IP, data and tax angles in view.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/commercial-contracts-transactions) - [Solutions](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/trademark-licensing) ### [Trademark Licensing](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/trademark-licensing) [Licence your brand to a partner, franchisee or distributor and keep control of quality, territory and the mark itself.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/trademark-licensing) - [Solutions](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/data-licensing-sharing) ### [Data Licensing and Data Sharing](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/data-licensing-sharing) [Licence or share data with a clear scope, settled ownership of derived data, privacy safeguards and terms that protect its value.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/data-licensing-sharing) - [Solutions](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/management-agreement) ### [Management Agreement](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/management-agreement) [A director or manager who works through a management company or as a self-employed person needs an agreement that holds up as a mandate and not as employment. We draft it around the law that applies, the company's IP and a clean exit.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/management-agreement) - [Solutions](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/shareholders-agreement) ### [Shareholders' Agreement](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/shareholders-agreement) [A shareholders' agreement sets out how the owners run the company, who may sell to whom and what happens when they disagree. We draft it with the articles of association, and make sure the IP stays in the company.](https://www.pitch.law/solutions/shareholders-agreement) ## Background reading - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/distribution-reseller-agreements) ### [Distribution and Reseller Agreements](https://www.pitch.law/academy/distribution-reseller-agreements) [How to structure distribution and reseller agreements in the EU: exclusivity, termination protection, online sales, and the brand provisions that keep control.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/distribution-reseller-agreements) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/licensing-agreements) ### [Licensing Agreements](https://www.pitch.law/academy/licensing-agreements) [How to structure an IP licence: scope, royalties, improvements, quality control, termination, and the EU rules that frame it.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/licensing-agreements) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/commercial-contracts-overview) ### [Commercial Contracts: a Map](https://www.pitch.law/academy/commercial-contracts-overview) [The main families of commercial contract, the EU and national rules that frame them, and where risk and value tend to sit.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/commercial-contracts-overview) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/trademark-transfer-licensing-recordals) ### [Transferring and Licensing a Trademark](https://www.pitch.law/academy/trademark-transfer-licensing-recordals) [How assignments and licences of EU and Benelux trademarks work, why they should be recorded, and how customs recordals fit in.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/trademark-transfer-licensing-recordals) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/ai-clauses-in-vendor-contracts) ### [AI Clauses in Vendor Contracts](https://www.pitch.law/academy/ai-clauses-in-vendor-contracts) [Which clauses to expect and negotiate when you buy or supply AI: AI Act allocation, data use, output ownership, IP indemnity, liability and change control.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/ai-clauses-in-vendor-contracts) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/database-rights-and-trade-secrets) ### [Database Rights and Trade Secrets](https://www.pitch.law/academy/database-rights-and-trade-secrets) [How the EU database right, copyright and trade secret law protect data and databases, what each requires, and where contracts must fill the gaps.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/database-rights-and-trade-secrets) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/eu-data-act) ### [The EU Data Act](https://www.pitch.law/academy/eu-data-act) [What Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 requires of makers and users of connected products, data holders, cloud providers and anyone who contracts about data, and when each part applies.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/eu-data-act) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/international-data-transfers-post-schrems-ii) ### [International Data Transfers](https://www.pitch.law/academy/international-data-transfers-post-schrems-ii) [How Chapter V GDPR works after Schrems II: adequacy decisions, the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, standard contractual clauses and the assessment that goes with them.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/international-data-transfers-post-schrems-ii) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/manufacturing-supply-agreements) ### [Manufacturing and Supply Agreements](https://www.pitch.law/academy/manufacturing-supply-agreements) [What a manufacturing or supply agreement must settle: specifications, quality, liability, exclusivity and, above all, who owns the tooling, know-how and improvements.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/manufacturing-supply-agreements) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/master-services-agreements-sow) ### [Master Services Agreements and SOWs](https://www.pitch.law/academy/master-services-agreements-sow) [How a master services agreement and statements of work split the legal terms from the project detail, and how EU and national rules shape the key clauses.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/master-services-agreements-sow) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/online-brand-protection-how-brand-monitoring-works) ### [Online Brand Protection: How Brand Monitoring Works](https://www.pitch.law/academy/online-brand-protection-how-brand-monitoring-works) [How infringements of a trademark are found online, which rules decide whether they are unlawful, and which routes exist to stop them.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/online-brand-protection-how-brand-monitoring-works) - [Academy](https://www.pitch.law/academy/saas-agreements) ### [SaaS Agreements](https://www.pitch.law/academy/saas-agreements) [Subscriptions, service levels, data ownership, liability and exit in SaaS contracts, with the GDPR, the Data Act and national contract rules.](https://www.pitch.law/academy/saas-agreements) ## More in Contracts & transactions - ### [Contract Review](https://www.pitch.law/technologies/clause-library-risk-review) [Send us the contract the other side drafted and we check it clause by clause against our playbook, with a risk ranking an attorney has verified.](https://www.pitch.law/technologies/clause-library-risk-review) - ### [Document Studio](https://www.pitch.law/technologies/contract-studio) [Our Document Studio drafts and analyses legal documents in a secure, on-premise environment, and keeps the documents behind your matters up to date as new data comes in and procedural steps fall due.](https://www.pitch.law/technologies/contract-studio) - ### [Data Room and Due Diligence](https://www.pitch.law/technologies/data-room) [One controlled environment for M\&A due diligence, RFI and RFP processes, one-off reviews and recurring scans, with lawyers checking what comes out.](https://www.pitch.law/technologies/data-room) ## Let’s talk Tell us what you’re working on. 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