Thread: Are verbal / emailed contracts for business development / representation binding and

Are verbal / emailed contracts for business development / representation binding and enforcable in the US and Florida in particular?

Details are:

In 2008 a Japanese company, which a Japanese friend who represented them to Asia markets and introduced to me, who I then met with in Japan, advised me if I could introduce their new invention, an Aquaculture product, to the US market I could represent them. They'd been burned by a previous rep so no contracts were signed.

On my free time I researched and contacted 100s of prospective US firms via email, phone, and site visits, eventually finding a Florida based distributor with a Japanese engineer employee in it. I then arranged a meeting with inventors in Japan in the summer of 2009. The Florida party were intrigued and met the inventors and seemed to express interest. In Nov the Florida firm sent a letter advising since I am not an official employee of the inventors firm they do not wish to deal with me anymore. They mention they have concerns with patent confidentiality dealing with me as a red herring. The inventors have not advised me if they have been contacted directly by the Florida firm yet and I suspect may not advise at all.

I, of course, suspect they will contact the inventors in the next year to make a deal directly and cut me out on sales. My expectation was to handle any sales plus a finders fee to clients I introduce. I have loads of emails with the inventors confirming this, plus the original meeting and phone calls with both parties.

Not being in Florida I want to confirm I have a firm commercial case if any business does develop in the next 5-10 years between the distributors and inventors as well throughout the USA to any clients?

hi, if you admit infront of the law then the verbal communication is enforceable but if you dont admit and no witness is there then no law in the world can force you for any contract!

Now about your email contract which is said to be valid in US if u have sent it through your mail!

Thank you

I didn't know many of this. Thanks for sharing.