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Consideration The Company agrees to issue to Developer [NUMBER] shares of common stock of the Company on the date of this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of a Stock Purchase Agreement of even date herewith between the Company and Developer. Such shares shall be the only consideration required of the Company with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. Further Assurances; Moral Rights; Competition; Marketing Developer agrees to assist the Company in every legal way to evidence, record and perfect the Section 1 assignment and to apply for and obtain recordation of and from time to time enforce, maintain, and defend the assigned rights. If the Company is unable for any reason whatsoever to secure the Developer's signature to any document it is entitled to under this Section 3, Developer hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents, as his agents and attorneys-in-fact with full power of substitution to act for and on his behalf and instead of Developer, to execute and file any such document or documents and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the purposes of the foregoing with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Developer. To the extent allowed by law, Section 1 includes all rights of paternity, integrity, disclosure and withdrawal and any other rights that may be known as or referred to as \"moral rights,\" \"artist's rights,\" \"droit moral\" or the like (collectively \"Moral Rights\"). To the extent Developer retains any such Moral Rights under applicable law, Developer hereby ratifies and consents to, and provides all necessary ratifications and consents to, any action that may be taken with respect to such Moral Rights by or authorized by Company; Developer agrees not to assert any Moral Rights with respect thereto. Developer will confirm any such ratifications, consents and agreements from time to time as requested by Company. 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Information a Party lawfully receives from a third Party without restriction on disclosure and without breach of a non-disclosure obligation. Information that the Receiving Party knew prior to receiving any Confidential Information from the Disclosing Party. Information that the Receiving Party independently develops without reliance on any Confidential Information from the Disclosing Party. Each Party agrees that it will not disclose to any third Party or use any Confidential Information disclosed to it by the other Party except when expressly permitted in writing by the other Party. Each Party also agrees that it will take all reasonable measures to maintain the confidentiality of all Confidential Information of the other Party in its possession or control. TERM The term of this Agreement is [number] of [years/months] from the date of execution by both Parties. TITLE The Receiving Party agrees that all Confidential Information furnished by the Disclosing Party shall remain the sole property of the Disclosing Party. 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Number is [Insert], and its Business License Number is [insert]. Independent Contractor has complied with all Federal, State, and local laws regarding business permits, sales permits, licenses, reporting requirements, tax withholding requirements, and other legal requirements of any kind that may be required to carry out said business and the Scope of Work which is to be performed as an Independent Contractor pursuant to this Agreement. Independent Contractor is or remains open to conducting similar tasks or activities for clients other than the Company and holds themselves out to the public to be a separate business entity. Company desires to engage and contract for the services of the Independent Contractor to perform certain tasks as set forth below. Independent Contractor desires to enter into this Agreement and perform as an independent contractor for the company and is willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth below. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above recitals and the mutual promises and conditions contained in this Agreement, the Parties agree as follows: TERMS This Agreement shall be effective commencing [Date], and shall continue until terminated at the completion of the Scope of Work which shall occur no later than [Date] or by either party as otherwise provided herein. STATUS OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR This Agreement does not constitute a hiring by either party. It is the parties intentions that Independent Contractor shall have an independent contractor status and not be an employee for any purposes, including, but not limited to, [laws]. Independent Contractor shall retain sole and absolute discretion in the manner and means of carrying out their activities and responsibilities under this Agreement. This Agreement shall not be considered or construed to be a partnership or joint venture, and the Company shall not be liable for any obligations incurred by Independent Contractor unless specifically authorized in writing. Independent Contractor shall not act as an agent of the Company, ostensibly or otherwise, nor bind the Company in any manner, unless specifically authorized to do so in writing. TASKS, DUTIES, AND SCOPE OF WORK Independent Contractor agrees to devote as much time, attention, and energy as necessary to complete or achieve the following: [Describe]. The above to be referred to in this Agreement as the \"Scope of Work\". It is expected that the Scope of Work will completed by [Date]. Independent Contractor shall additionally perform any and all tasks and duties associated with the Scope of Work set forth above, including but not limited to, work being performed already or related change orders. Independent Contractor shall not be entitled to engage in any activities which are not expressly set forth by this Agreement. The books and records related to the Scope of Work set forth in this Agreement shall be maintained by the Independent Contractor at the Independent Contractor's principal place of business and open to inspection by Company during regular working hours. Documents to which Company will be entitled to inspect include, but are not limited to, any and all contract documents, change orders/purchase orders and work authorized by Independent Contractor or Company on existing or potential projects related to this Agreement. Independent Contractor shall be responsible to the management and directors of Company, but Independent Contractor will not be required to follow or establish a regular or daily work schedule. Supply all necessary equipment, materials and supplies. Independent Contractor will not rely on the equipment or offices of Company for completion of tasks and duties set forth pursuant to this Agreement. Any advice given Independent Contractors regarding the scope of work shall be considered a suggestion only, not an instruction. Company retains the right to inspect, stop, or alter the work of Independent Contractor to assure its conformity with this Agreement. ASSURANCE OF SERVICES Independent Contractor will assure that the following individuals (the \"Key Employees\") will be available to perform, and will perform, the Services hereunder until they are completed (identify by title and name as applicable): [Name of Key Employee, Title] [Name of Key Employee, Title] The Key Employees may be changed only with the prior written approval of the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. COMPENSATION Independent Contractor shall be entitled to compensation for performing those tasks and duties related to the Scope of Work as follows: [Describe] Such compensation shall become due and payable to Independent Contractor in the following time, place, and manner: [Describe] NOTICE CONCERNING WITHHOLDING OF TAXES Independent Contractor recognizes and understands that it will receive a [specify tax] statement and related tax statements, and will be required to file corporate and/or individual tax returns and to pay taxes in accordance with all provisions of applicable Federal and State law. Independent Contractor hereby promises and agrees to indemnify the Company for any damages or expenses, including attorney's fees, and legal expenses, incurred by the Company as a result of independent contractor's failure to make such required payments. AGREEMENT TO WAIVE RIGHTS TO BENEFITS Independent Contractor hereby waives and foregoes the right to receive any benefits given by Company to its regular employees, including, but not limited to, health benefits, vacation and sick leave benefits, profit sharing plans, etc. This waiver is applicable to all non-salary benefits which might otherwise be found to accrue to the Independent Contractor by virtue of their services to Company, and is effective for the entire duration of Independent Contractor's agreement with Company. This waiver is effective independently of Independent Contractor's employment status as adjudged for taxation purposes or for any other purpose. Neither this Agreement, nor any duties or obligations under this Agreement may be assigned by either party without the consent of the other. TERMINATION This Agreement may be terminated prior to the completion or achievement of the Scope of Work by either party giving [number] days written notice. Such termination shall not prejudice any other remedy to which the terminating party may be entitled, either by law, in equity, or under this Agreement. NON-DISCLOSURE OF TRADE SECRETS, CUSTOMER LISTS AND OTHER PROPRIETARY INFORMATION Independent Contractor agrees not to disclose or communicate, in any manner, either during or after Independent Contractor's agreement with Company, information about Company, its operations, clientele, or any other information, that relate to the business of Company including, but not limited to, the names of its customers, its marketing strategies, operations, or any other information of any kind which would be deemed confidential, a trade secret, a customer list, or other form of proprietary information of Company. Independent Contractor acknowledges that the above information is material and confidential and that it affects the profitability of Company. 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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements contained in this Agreement, the Parties hereto agree as follows: DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION The following definitions apply throughout this Agreement unless otherwise stated: \"Agreement\" means this Software Licensing Agreement and any amendment made thereto from time to time by the Parties hereto. \"Software\" refers to [SOFTWARE NAME]. \"Derivative Works\" mean works developed by the Licensee, its officers, agents, contractors or employees, which are based upon, in whole or in part, the Source Code and/or the Documentation and may also be based upon and/or incorporate one or more other pre-existing works. Derivative Works may be any Improvement, revision, modification, translation (including compilation or recapitulation by computer), abridgment, condensation, expansion, or any other form in which such a pre-existing work may be recast, transformed, or adapted. For purposes hereof, a Derivative Work shall also include any compilation that incorporates such a pre-existing work. \"Documentation\" means written, printed or otherwise recorded or stored (digital or paper) material relating to the Software and Source Code, including technical specifications and instructions for its use, including Source Code annotations and other descriptions of the principles of operation of the Source Code and tools and instructions for its use. \"Source Code\" means the computer programming Source Code form of the Software in the form provided by the Licensor to the Licensee, and includes all non-third-party executables, libraries, components, and Documentation created or used in the creation, development, maintenance, and support of the Software, as well as all updates, Error corrections and revisions thereto provided by the Licensor, all provided by the Licensor for use, in whole or in part, either by itself or in the development of Derivative Works. \"Improvements\" shall mean, with respect to the Source Code, all modifications and changes made, developed, acquired or conceived after the date hereof and during the entire term of this Agreement. TERM This Agreement shall come into effect on [SPECIFY DATE] and shall continue until termination of this Agreement. GRANT OF LICENSE The Licensor hereunder grants to the Licensee an exclusive, non-transferable, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use and operate the Software in the Territory, including but not limited to the right and license to use and incorporate the Source Code and/or the Documentation, in whole or in part, to develop Derivative Works (including the integration of all or part of the Source Code into the Licensee's own software), and to compile, use, copy, and distribute executable versions of such Derivative Works. The Licensor shall hereunder provide the Source Code and all other Software related information to the Licensee and also hereby allows the Licensee to modify the said Software, change its Source Code, and change its name and logo at any time and at its sole discretion without any notification to the Licensor. The Licensee shall also have the right and license to use and copy the Source Code, in whole or in part, in compiled, object-code form for the Licensee's internal testing and development use and also the right and license to make a reasonable number of backup and archival copies of Source Code and Documentation. The Licensee shall not, however, transfer or sublicense the Software to any third party, in whole or in part, in any form, whether modified or unmodified. DELIVERABLES The Licensor shall hand over the Software, including the Source Code, to the Licensee in order to be used and operated by the Licensee in the Territory within a period of [SPECIFY DAYS OR MONTHS] from the date of signing this Agreement. SUPPORT AND WARRANTY PERIOD For a period of [SPECIFY MONTHS OR YEARS] (the \"Warranty period\") from the date of the deliverables, as mentioned in clause 4 of this Agreement, the Licensor, at no additional charge, shall provide to the Licensee: the Source Code for all upgrades, updates, patches, fixes and other modifications to the Software (\"Software Modifications\"); Error correction services, more specifically, to the extent the Source Code (and/or the files resulting from compiling the Source Code), programming services, instructions and/or source code to correct such Errors to bring the Source Code (and/or the files resulting from compiling the Source Code) into compliance with the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement. The Licensor shall use commercially reasonable measures to provide Error corrections, or a work-around for such Errors, within [NUMBER OF DAYS] days of notification by the Licensee. Where a work-around is initially provided, the Licensor shall continue to use commercially reasonable efforts to develop an Error correction until such Error correction is delivered. To the extent an Error is intermittent in nature and the Licensee is having problems recreating the Error for the purposes of reporting Errors to the Licensor, the Licensor shall provide assistance to the Licensee in recreating the Error; personnel with levels of expertise (both general technical as well as specifically with respect to the Software and the Source Code) to provide technical support, advice and consultation to the Licensee. Such technical support and assistance shall include, without limitation, support and assistance with respect to the Software, Source Code, and the Licensee's development efforts, and shall also include technical support consulting services for modifications to the Source Code made by the Licensee. LICENSE FEE The Licensee shall pay the Licensor for this license at the rate of [AMOUNT] per [month] payable in advance. The first payment shall be made on the date of the beginning of the period specified above. Subsequent payments shall be made in advance promptly on the [day of each month] thereafter during the continuation of this Agreement. All payments hereunder shall be made in [CURRENCY] currency and via [MODE OF PAYMENT] as the mode of payment. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF LICENSOR The Licensor hereby represents and warrants that the license granted hereunder to the Licensee has been granted on [SPECIFY \"AN EXCLUSIVE\" OR \"A NON-EXCLUSIVE\"] basis. The Licensor represents and warrants that the Software and services shall be provided in a good and professional manner in accordance with industry practices. 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INTERPRETATION 6 1.1 Definitions 6 Extended Meanings 9 1.3 Interpretation Not Affected by Headings 9 1.4 Applicable Law 9 1.5 Funds 9 1.6 Financial Documents 9 1.7 Invalidity 10 1.8 Business Day 10 1.9 Preamble 10 2 - PURCHASED ASSETS 10 2.1 Purchased Assets 10 2.2 Excluded Assets 11 2.3 Leases and Retention of Ownership Agreements 12 2.4 Removal of Purchased Assets 12 2.5 Forward Commitments 12 2.6 Assets Used in the Business 12 3 - PURCHASE AND SALE 12 3.1 Purchase Price 12 3.2 Default 13 3.3 Balance of Price 13 3.4 Allocation of the Purchase Price 13 3.5 No Assumption of Liabilities 13 3.6 Payment of Taxes 14 3.7 Adjustments 14 3.8 Net Worth Adjustment 14 3.9 Disagreement Regarding Adjustment of Purchase Price 14 3.10 Escrow of Purchase Price 14 4 - CLOSING AND CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE SALE 15 4.1 Closing Date 15 4.2 Conditions Precedent to Closing in Favor of the Purchaser 15 4.2.1 Corporate Authorization 15 4.2.2 Statements 15 4.2.3 Truth of Representations and Warranties 15 4.2.4 Compliance with Terms and Conditions 15 4.2.5 Governmental Approvals 16 4.2.6 Approval of Purchaser's Counsel 16 4.2.7 Prohibited Actions 16 4.2.8 Delivery of Documents and Title Deeds 16 4.2.9 Legal Opinion of Seller's Counsel 16 4.2.10 Non-Competition Agreements 16 4.2.11 Residence 16 4.2.12 Bulk Sale Affidavit 17 4.2.13 Tax Election Form 17 4.2.14 Powers of Attorney 17 4.2.15 Consents 17 4.2.16 Due Diligence 17 4.2.17 No Substantial Damage or Adverse Change 17 4.2.18 No Adverse Legislation 17 4.2.19 Delivery of Documents 17 4.3 Conditions Precedent to Closing in Favor of the Seller 18 4.3.1 Letter of Credit 18 4.3.2 Truth of Representations and Warranties 18 4.3.3 Compliance with Terms and Conditions 18 4.3.4 Legal Opinion of Purchaser's Counsel 18 4.4 Risk of Loss 18 4.5 Notification 19 5 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER AND THE PURCHASER 19 5.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller 19 5.1.1 Due Incorporation and Qualification to Carry on Business 19 5.1.2 Binding Nature 19 5.1.3 Title of Assets 19 5.1.4 Options, Commitments 20 5.1.5 No Violation 20 5.1.6 Books and Records 20 5.1.7 Business Conducted in Ordinary Course 20 5.1.8 Leases 21 5.1.9 Uses 21 5.1.10 Work Orders 21 5.1.11 Litigation 22 5.1.12 Proprietary Rights 22 5.1.13 Infringement of Proprietary Rights 22 5.1.14 Compliance with Laws 22 5.1.15 Employment Agreements 23 5.1.16 Labour Unions 23 5.1.17 Labour Practices 23 5.1.18 Pension Plans 23 5.1.19 Restrictive Documents 24 5.1.20 Outstanding Long Term Indebtedness 24 5.1.21 Outstanding Guarantees 24 5.1.22 Insurance 24 5.1.23 Taxes 24 5.1.24 Withholdings 25 5.1.25 Condition of Purchased Assets 25 5.1.26 Clients and Supplies 25 5.1.27 Vacation Pay 25 5.1.28 Residence 25 5.1.29 Knowledge 25 5.1.30 Liabilities 26 5.1.31 Inventories 26 5.1.32 Financial Statements 26 5.1.33 Absence of Certain Developments 26 5.1.34 No Material Adverse Change 27 5.1.35 Other Agreements 27 5.1.36 Environmental Matters 28 5.1.37 Reliance 29 5.1.38 Evidence 29 5.1.39 Standard of Conduct 29 5.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser 29 5.2.1 Due Incorporation 29 5.2.2 Binding Nature 29 5.2.3 No Violation 29 5.3 Survival 30 5.4 Indemnification of the Purchaser 30 5.5 Warranty Work 30 6 - EMPLOYEES 31 6.1 List of Non-Unionized Employees 31 6.2 Employment to Non-Unionized Employees 31 6.3 Claims by Non-Unionized Employees 31 6.4 Pension Plan for Employees 31 6.5 Assumption of Collective Agreement 32 6.6 List of Unionized Employees 32 6.7 Offers to Unionized Employees 32 6.8 Short Term and Long Term Disability 33 6.9 Benefit Plans 33 7 - MUTUAL COOPERATION 33 7.1 Conduct of Business Prior to Closing 33 (a) Conduct Business in Ordinary Course 33 (b) Continue Insurance 33 (c) Perform Obligations 33 7.2 Access for Investigation Prior to Closing 33 7.3 Actions to Satisfy Closing Conditions 34 7.4 Transfer of Purchased Assets 34 7.5 Assistance in Judicial Claims 35 7.6 Collection of Receivables 35 7.7 Accounts Receivable 35 7.8 Differentiation of Products 36 8 - MISCELLANEOUS 36 8.1 Successors and Assigns 36 8.2 Brokers 36 8.3 Legal Fees 36 8.4 Public Announcement 36 8.5 Entire Agreement 36 8.6 Notices 37 8.7 Time of Essence 37 8.8 Counterparts 37 9 - GUARANTEE 37 9.1 Intervention of the Guarantor 37 9.2 Indulgence 38 9.3 Disability of Purchaser 38 ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT This Asset Purchase Agreement (the \"Agreement\") is effective [DATE], BETWEEN: [YOUR COMPANY NAME] (the \"Purchaser\"), a company organized and existing under the laws of the [State/Province] of [STATE/PROVINCE], with its head office located at: [YOUR COMPLETE ADDRESS] AND: [FIRST PART] (the \"Company\"), a company organized and existing under the laws of the [State/Province] of [STATE/PROVINCE], with its head office located at: [COMPLETE ADDRESS] AND: [SECOND PART] (the \"Seller\"), a company organized and existing under the laws of the [State/Province] of [STATE/PROVINCE], with its head office located at: [COMPLETE ADDRESS] WHEREAS the Seller carries on the business of [NUMBER] WHEREAS the Seller has agreed to sell and the Purchaser has agreed to purchase certain assets relating to the Business upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS HEREIN CONTAINED AND OTHER GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, THE [COMPANY NAME] HERETO AGREE AS FOLLOWS: INTERPRETATION Definitions Unless the subject matter or context otherwise requires: \"Affiliate\" has the meaning ascribed to the term \"affiliated corporations\" in the [COUNTRY Business Corporations Act]. \"Associate\" has the meaning ascribed to the term \"associate\" in the [COUNTRY Business Corporations Act]. \"Balance of Price\" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.1.2. \"Books and Records\" means any books and records (originals or copies thereof) of Seller relating exclusively to the Business including, without limitation, books and records relating to the purchase materials and supplies, the manufacture, assembly and processing of products, sales of products, dealings with customers and franchises, invoices, customer lists, mailing lists, suppliers lists, trademarks and trade names, financial records, personnel records (to the extent permitted by law) and taxes (excluding Seller's income tax and other tax records unrelated to the Business).","Asset Purchase Agreement","37",259,"https://templates.business-in-a-box.com/imgs/1000px/asset-purchase-agreement-D928.png","https://templates.business-in-a-box.com/imgs/250px/928.png","https://templates.business-in-a-box.com/svgs/docviewerWebApp1.html?v6#928.xml",{"title":6,"description":6},[143,144],{"label":33,"url":98},{"label":145,"url":146},"Purchase & Sale Agreements","purchase-sale-agreement","asset purchase agreement","/template/asset-purchase-agreement-D928",{"description":150,"descriptionCustom":6,"label":151,"pages":152,"size":90,"extension":10,"preview":153,"thumb":154,"svgFrame":155,"seoMetadata":156,"parents":158,"keywords":157,"url":166},"EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT - AT WILL EMPLOYEE This Employment Agreement for \"At Will\" Employee (the \"Agreement\") is made and effective this [DATE], BETWEEN: [EMPLOYEE NAME] (the \"Employee\"), an individual with his main address at: [COMPLETE ADDRESS] AND: [YOUR COMPANY NAME] (the \"Corporation\"), an entity organized and existing under the laws of the [State/Province] of [STATE/PROVINCE], with its head office located at: [YOUR COMPLETE ADDRESS] RECITALS In consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained and the moneys to be paid hereunder, the Corporation hereby employs the Employee and the Employee hereby agrees to perform services as an employee of the Corporation, on an \"at will\" basis, upon the following terms and conditions: APPOINTMENT The Employee is hereby employed by the Corporation to render such services and to perform such tasks as may be assigned by the Corporation. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, increase or reduce the duties, or modify the title and job description, of the Employee from time to time, and any such increase, reduction or modification shall not be deemed a termination of this Agreement. ACCEPTANCE OF EMPLOYMENT Employee accepts employment with the Corporation upon the terms set forth above and agrees to devote all Employee's time, energy and ability to the interests of the Corporation, and to perform Employee's duties in an efficient, trustworthy and business-like manner. DEVOTION OF TIME TO EMPLOYMENT The Employee shall devote the Employee's best efforts and substantially all of the Employee's working time to performing the duties on behalf of the Corporation. The Employee shall provide services during the hours that are scheduled by the Corporation management. The Employee shall be prompt in reporting to work at the assigned time. NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST Employee shall not engage in any other business while employed by the Corporation. Employee shall not engage in any activity that conflicts with the Employees duties to the Corporation. Employee shall not provide any service or lend any aid or assistance to any party that competes with the services offered by the Corporation. Employee shall not provide any services to clients or prospective clients of the Corporation outside of the provision of services for the Corporation, whether such services are provided with or without compensation or remuneration. CORPORATION PROPERTY Employee acknowledges and agrees that while employed by the Corporation the Employee may be provided with use of computer equipment and other property of the Corporation. The use and possession of the such items shall be subject to any policies, requirements or restrictions established by the Corporation. Such items may only be used in performance of the Employee's duties for the corporation. On request of the Corporation, the Employee shall immediately deliver any such items to the Corporation. Upon termination of employment, Employee shall have the affirmative duty to return any such item to the Corporation whether a request is made or not. The obligation to return Corporation property shall extend and include any and all work product, client property, proprietary rights, intangible property, and all other property of the corporation regardless of the form or medium. COMPENSATION The Corporation shall pay the Employee such hourly compensation as determined by the Corporation. Payment shall be at the same time as the Corporations usual payroll to other employees. BONUS & BENEFITS Payment of any bonuses shall be at the complete discretion of the Corporation. No guarantee or representation that any bonuses will be paid has been made to the Employee. Standard benefits that are provided to other non-management employees shall be offered to the Employee, subject to the Corporation's policies and the terms and conditions of such benefits. WITHHOLDING All sums payable to Employee under this Agreement will be reduced by all federal, state, local, and other withholdings and similar taxes and payments required by applicable law. QUALIFICATIONS OF EMPLOYEE The employee shall satisfy all of the qualification that are established by the Corporation. TERM OF AGREEMENT There shall be no guaranteed term of employment. Employer acknowledges and agrees that Employee shall be an \"At Will\" Employee and that Employee's employment may be terminated at any time by the Corporation, with or without cause. FEES FROM EMPLOYEE'S WORK The Corporation shall have exclusive authority to determine the fees, or a procedure for establishing the fees, to be charged to clients by the Corporation for services that are provided by the Employee. All sums paid to the Employee or the Corporation in the way of fees, in cash or in kind, or otherwise for services of the Employee, shall, except as otherwise specifically agreed by the Corporation, be and remain the property of the Corporation and shall be included in the Corporation's name in such checking account or accounts as the Corporation may from time to time designate. CLIENTS AND CLIENT RECORDS The Corporation shall have the authority to determine who will be accepted as clients of the Corporation, and the Employee recognizes that such clients accepted are clients of the Corporation and not the Employee. All client records and files of any type concerning clients of the Corporation shall belong to and remain the property of the Corporation, notwithstanding the subsequent termination of the employment. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES The Corporation shall have the authority to establish from time to time the policies and procedures to be followed by the Employee in performing services for the Corporation. This may include, but is not necessarily limited to, employment policies, computer use policies, Internet access policies, email policies, and all other policies, procedures, directives, and mandates established by the Corporation, whether or not in written form or formally adopted. Employee shall abide by the provisions of any contract entered into by the Corporation under which the Employee provides services. Employee shall comply with the terms and conditions of any and all contracts entered by the Corporation. TERMINATION Employee acknowledges and agrees that Employee is an \"at will\" employee of the Corporation. As such, no term of employment is created hereby and employee may be terminated at any time in the sole discretion of the Corporation, whether there exists any cause for termination or not. CREATIONS AND INVENTIONS Employee acknowledges and agrees that any and all work product of the Employee that is conceived or created during the Employee's employment with the Corporation is the exclusive property of the Corporation. This shall include any and all copyrights, trade secrets, confidential information, patents, trademarks, trade dress, ideas, concepts, plans, business plans, business concepts, techniques, inventions, drawings, artwork, logos, graphics, web pages, databases, software, programs, CGI's, plug ins, applications, brochures, inventions, marketing plans and concepts, and all other ideas and work product of the Employee. The Employee acknowledges and agrees that all creations shall be \"works made for hire\" as defined in the [ACT OR CODE]. Notwithstanding the fact that this material may be considered to be a work made for hire, Employee agrees, during Employee's employment and thereafter, which covenant shall survive any termination of the employment relationship, to execute any and all documents requested by the Corporation to confirm the Corporation's ownership and control of all such material, including but not limited to assignments of copyright, confirmations of work for hire status, waivers of proprietary rights, copyright application, and any other documents requested by Corporation. 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The term of employment shall be for a period of [NUMBER] years (\"Employment Period\") to commence on [DATE], unless earlier terminated as set forth herein. The effective date of this Agreement shall be the date first set forth above, and it shall continue in effect until the earlier of: The effective date of any subsequent employment agreement between the Company and the Executive; The effective date of any termination of employment as provided elsewhere herein; or [NUMBER] year(s) from the effective date hereof, provided, that this Employment Agreement shall automatically renew for successive periods of [NUMBER] years each unless either party gives written notice to other that it does not wish to automatically renew this Agreement, which written notice must be received by the other party no less than [NUMBER] days and no more than [NUMBER] days prior to the expiration of the applicable term. Duties and Responsibilities Executive will be reporting to [IDENTIFY]. Within the limitations established by the By-laws of the Company, the Executive shall have each and all of the duties and responsibilities of that position and such other or different duties on behalf of the Company, as may be assigned from time to time by [identify what person or body may assign additional responsibilities]. Location The initial principal location at which Executive shall perform services for the Company shall be [location]. Acceptance of Employment Executive accepts employment with the Company upon the terms set forth above and agrees to devote all Executive's time, energy and ability to the interests of the Company, and to perform Executive's duties in an efficient, trustworthy and business-like manner. Devotion of Time to Employment The Executive shall devote the Executive's best efforts and substantially all of the Executive's working time to performing the duties on behalf of the Company. The Executive shall provide services during the normal business hours of the Company as determined by the Company. Reasonable amounts of time may be allotted to personal or outside business, charitable and professional activities and shall not constitute a violation of this Agreement provided such activities do not materially interfere with the services required to be rendered hereunder. QUALIFICATIONS The Executive shall, as a condition of this Agreement, satisfy all of the qualification that are reasonably and in good faith established by the Board of Directors. Compensation Base Salary Executive shall be paid a base salary (\"Base Salary\") at the annual rate of [salary], payable in bi-weekly installments consistent with Company's payroll practices. The annual Base Salary shall be reviewed on or before [DATE] of each year, unless Executive's employment hereunder shall have been terminated earlier pursuant to this Agreement, starting on [agreed upon date] by the Board of Directors of the Company to determine if such Base Salary should be increased for the following year in recognition of services to the Company. In consideration of the services under this Agreement, Executive shall be paid the aggregate of basic compensation, bonus and benefits as hereinafter set forth. Payment Payment of all compensation to Executive hereunder shall be made in accordance with the relevant Company policies in effect from time to time, including normal payroll practices. Bonus From time to time, the Company may pay to Executive a bonus out of net revenues of the Company. Payment of any bonus compensation shall be at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors or the Executive committee of the Board of Directors and the Executive shall have no entitlement to such amount absent a decision by the Company as aforesaid to make such bonus compensation. Executive shall also be entitled to a bonus determined as follows: [DESCRIBE] Benefits The Company shall provide Executive with such benefits as are provided to other senior management Of the Company. Benefits shall include at a minimum (i) paid vacation of [NUMBER] days per year, at such times as approved by the Board of Directors, (ii) health insurance coverage under the same terms as offered to other Executives of the Company, (iii) retirement and profit sharing programs as offered to other Executives of the Company, (iv) paid holidays as per the Company's policies, and (v) such other benefits and perquisites as are approved by the Board of Directors. The Company has the right to modify conditions of participation, terminate any benefit, or change insurance plans and other providers of such benefits in its sole discretion. The Executive shall be reimbursed for out of pocket expenses that are pre-approved by the Company, subject to the Company's policies and procedures therefore, and only for such items that are a necessary and integral part of the Executive's job functions. NonDeductible Compensation In the event a deduction shall be disallowed by the Internal Revenue Service or a court of competent jurisdiction for federal income tax purposes for all or any part of the payment made to Executive by the Company or any other shareholder or Executive of the Company, shall be required by the Internal Revenue Service to pay a deficiency on account of such disallowance, then Executive shall repay to the Company or such other individual required to make such payment, an amount equal to the tax imposed on the disallowed portion of such payment, plus any and all interest and penalties paid with respect thereto. The Company or other party required to make payment shall not be required to defend any proposed disallowance or other action by the Internal Revenue Service or any other state, federal, or local taxing authorities. Withholding All sums payable to Executive under this Agreement will be reduced by all federal, state, local, and other withholdings and similar taxes and payments required by applicable law. Other Employment Benefits Business Expenses Upon submission of itemized expense statements in the manner specified by the Company, Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement for reasonable travel and other reasonable business expenses duly incurred by Executive in the performance of his duties under this Agreement. Benefit Plans Executive shall be entitled to participate in the Company's medical and dental plans, life and disability insurance plans and retirement plans pursuant to their terms and conditions. Executive shall be entitled to participate in any other benefit plan offered by the Company to its Executives during the term of this Agreement (other than stock option or stock incentive plans, which are governed by Section 3(d) below). Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the Company or any affiliate of the Company from terminating or amending any Executive benefit plan or program from time to time. 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Download in Word, edit online, export as PDF. Free Word and PDF download.","technology assignment agreement template",[22,189,190,191,192,193],"ip assignment agreement template","software assignment agreement","technology assignment contract","ip transfer agreement template","technology ownership transfer agreement",{"name":195,"credential":196,"reviewed_date":197},"Bruno Goulet","CEO, Business in a Box","2026-05-02",true,{"difficulty":200,"legal_review_recommended":198,"signature_required":198,"notarization_required":182},"advanced",{"what_it_is":202,"when_you_need_it":203,"whats_inside":204},"A Technology Assignment Agreement is a legally binding contract that permanently transfers ownership of software, patents, source code, technical documentation, trade secrets, and related intellectual property from one party (the Assignor) to another (the Assignee). This free Word download gives you a professionally structured starting point you can edit online and export as PDF — covering every material transfer clause in a single document.\n","Use it when a founder, employee, contractor, or third-party developer holds title to technology that the company needs to own outright — particularly before a funding round, acquisition, or product launch where clean IP ownership is a due-diligence requirement.\n","Identification of assigned assets, representations and warranties on ownership and originality, consideration and payment terms, a broad IP assignment clause with moral rights waiver, confidentiality obligations, retained license carve-outs, governing law, and indemnification for third-party IP claims.\n",[206,210,214,218,222,226],{"title":207,"use_case":208,"icon_asset_id":209},"Startup founders","Assigning technology built pre-incorporation from personal ownership to the company 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in most jurisdictions.",{"term":270,"definition":271},"Moral Rights","Rights recognized in many jurisdictions allowing creators to claim authorship and object to modifications of their work, separate from economic copyright ownership.",{"term":273,"definition":274},"Work Made for Hire","A US copyright doctrine under which works created by employees within the scope of employment — or by contractors under a qualifying written agreement — are owned by the employer from creation.",{"term":276,"definition":277},"Representations and Warranties","Factual statements made by the Assignor confirming ownership, originality, absence of encumbrances, and compliance with third-party licenses — breaches trigger indemnification.",{"term":279,"definition":280},"Indemnification","A contractual obligation by which one party agrees to compensate the other for losses arising from a defined event, such as a third-party IP infringement claim.",{"term":282,"definition":283},"Encumbrance","Any lien, license, claim, or restriction on the technology that limits the Assignee's ability to use or exploit it freely after transfer.",{"term":285,"definition":286},"Schedule of Assigned Assets","An exhibit attached to the agreement that lists each item of technology being transferred — repositories, patent numbers, file names, and documentation — with sufficient specificity to avoid later disputes.",{"term":288,"definition":289},"Retained License","A carve-out allowing the Assignor limited continued use of portions of the assigned technology for defined purposes — common when open-source components or prior client work is involved.",{"term":291,"definition":292},"Prior Inventions","Technology developed by the Assignor before the assignment date that is explicitly excluded from transfer and listed on a schedule to prevent later ownership disputes.",[294,299,304,309,314,318,323,328,333,337],{"name":295,"plain_english":296,"sample_language":297,"common_mistake":298},"Recitals and defined terms","Sets 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Courts have found assignment clauses unenforceable when the transferred assets cannot be identified with reasonable specificity.",{"name":300,"plain_english":301,"sample_language":302,"common_mistake":303},"Schedule of assigned assets","An attached exhibit itemizing every discrete piece of technology being transferred — source code repositories, patent applications, trade secrets, documentation, and data sets — by name, version, and location.","The Assigned Technology includes: (a) all source code in the GitHub repository at [REPOSITORY URL] as of [DATE]; (b) U.S. Patent Application No. [PATENT NUMBER]; (c) the technical documentation set out in Exhibit A-1.","Using a broad catch-all description like 'all technology related to the Product' without an itemized list. Ambiguous schedules are the single most common source of post-closing IP ownership disputes.",{"name":305,"plain_english":306,"sample_language":307,"common_mistake":308},"Assignment of intellectual property","The operative clause that transfers all IP rights — copyright, patent, trade secret, and trademark rights — in the Assigned Technology from Assignor to Assignee, effective on the execution date.","Assignor hereby irrevocably assigns to Assignee all right, title, and interest in and to the Assigned Technology, including all copyright, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property rights, throughout the world and for the full term of protection.","Using 'agrees to assign' instead of 'hereby assigns.' Courts in the US and UK have treated 'agrees to assign' as a promise of future transfer rather than an immediate present-tense assignment, requiring a separate subsequent act.",{"name":310,"plain_english":311,"sample_language":312,"common_mistake":313},"Moral rights waiver","The Assignor waives any moral rights (right of attribution, right of integrity) they hold in the technology under applicable copyright law, to the extent permitted by law.","To the extent permitted by applicable law, Assignor irrevocably waives all moral rights in the Assigned Technology, including the right to be identified as author and the right to object to derogatory treatment.","Omitting a moral rights waiver entirely. In Canada, the UK, and EU member states, moral rights survive a copyright assignment unless explicitly waived — leaving the Assignor with residual rights to object to modifications.",{"name":267,"plain_english":315,"sample_language":316,"common_mistake":317},"States what the Assignee pays the Assignor in exchange for the transfer — a cash lump sum, equity, or a nominal amount — and confirms receipt, making the agreement binding.","In consideration for the assignment herein, Assignee shall pay Assignor the sum of $[AMOUNT] ('Consideration'), receipt of which Assignor hereby acknowledges. / In consideration of Assignor's continued employment and compensation, Assignor hereby makes the assignment set out herein.","Omitting consideration entirely in a standalone assignment document. Without it, the agreement may be treated as a gratuitous transfer and challenged as unenforceable in jurisdictions that require mutual exchange.",{"name":319,"plain_english":320,"sample_language":321,"common_mistake":322},"Representations and warranties","The Assignor makes binding factual statements that they own the technology outright, have the right to assign it, have not previously licensed or encumbered it, and that it does not infringe any third party's IP rights.","Assignor represents and warrants that: (a) Assignor is the sole and exclusive owner of the Assigned Technology; (b) the Assigned Technology is free and clear of all liens, claims, and encumbrances; (c) the Assigned Technology does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party; and (d) Assignor has full authority to execute this Agreement.","No warranty that the technology is free of open-source license obligations. A single GPL-licensed dependency can restrict the Assignee's ability to commercialize the software, and discovering it post-closing is expensive.",{"name":324,"plain_english":325,"sample_language":326,"common_mistake":327},"Prior inventions carve-out","Lists technology developed by the Assignor before the assignment date that is explicitly excluded from transfer, preventing the Assignee from claiming ownership of work the Assignor created independently.","The parties acknowledge that the technology listed in Schedule B ('Prior Inventions') is excluded from this Agreement and remains the sole property of Assignor. Assignee acquires no rights in any Prior Invention.","Skipping the Prior Inventions schedule when the Assignor has a body of pre-existing work. Without it, the assignment clause's broad language may inadvertently capture older projects — leading to disputes over assets the Assignee never intended to acquire.",{"name":329,"plain_english":330,"sample_language":331,"common_mistake":332},"Confidentiality","Obliges both parties to keep the terms of the agreement and any technical information exchanged during the transfer process confidential for a defined period.","Each party agrees to keep confidential all non-public technical information and the terms of this Agreement for a period of [3] years from the Effective Date, except as required by law or with the prior written consent of the other party.","No confidentiality obligation on the Assignee. Once the Assignee receives the technology, they may have strategic reasons to disclose its existence — a mutual confidentiality clause preserves the Assignor's privacy interests during and after the transfer.",{"name":279,"plain_english":334,"sample_language":335,"common_mistake":336},"Requires the Assignor to defend and compensate the Assignee if a third party claims that the Assigned Technology infringes their IP rights — and vice versa for breaches of the Assignee's obligations.","Assignor shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Assignee from and against any third-party claims, losses, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from a breach of Assignor's representations or from any claim that the Assigned Technology infringes a third party's intellectual property rights.","Uncapped indemnification with no limitation of liability clause. An Assignor transferring a startup's entire codebase for nominal consideration should not bear unlimited indemnification exposure — negotiate a cap tied to the consideration amount.",{"name":338,"plain_english":339,"sample_language":340,"common_mistake":341},"Governing law and dispute resolution","Specifies which jurisdiction's law governs the agreement and the mechanism for resolving disputes — typically arbitration or the courts of a named jurisdiction.","This Agreement is governed by the laws of [STATE / PROVINCE / COUNTRY], without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be resolved by binding arbitration administered by [AAA / JAMS / LCIA] in [CITY], except claims for injunctive or equitable relief.","Choosing a governing law with no connection to either party's location or the technology's development. In cross-border assignments, a neutral jurisdiction can be appropriate — but courts may still apply local IP law regardless of the contractual choice.",[343,348,353,358,363,368,373,378],{"step":344,"title":345,"description":346,"tip":347},1,"Identify the parties and their roles","Enter the Assignor's full legal name (individual or entity) and the Assignee's full registered company name and jurisdiction of incorporation. Confirm that the Assignor is the actual legal owner — not a nominee or licensee — before proceeding.","Run a quick patent and copyright registry check on the Assignor's name before execution. Discovering a prior assignment after signing is far more expensive than catching it beforehand.",{"step":349,"title":350,"description":351,"tip":352},2,"Build a specific Schedule of Assigned Assets","List every item being transferred by name, version, file path, patent number, or repository URL. Attach this as Schedule A. For software, include the commit hash or release tag to pin the exact version.","A one-line description like 'all software' will be challenged. Courts require sufficient specificity to identify each asset without extrinsic evidence.",{"step":354,"title":355,"description":356,"tip":357},3,"Confirm and document consideration","State the exact monetary amount, equity grant, or nominal consideration being paid. If the transfer is in connection with employment, reference the employment agreement by date. Confirm receipt of consideration in the agreement body.","Even $1 of documented consideration strengthens enforceability in jurisdictions that require mutual exchange. Never leave consideration blank.",{"step":359,"title":360,"description":361,"tip":362},4,"Complete the representations and warranties block","Work through each warranty with the Assignor and confirm each is accurate. Pay particular attention to open-source component use, third-party licenses embedded in the code, and any prior assignments or licenses granted.","Request a software bill of materials (SBOM) from the Assignor before signing. A GPL or AGPL dependency that the Assignee inherits can materially limit commercialization options.",{"step":364,"title":365,"description":366,"tip":367},5,"List prior inventions on Schedule B","Have the Assignor identify all pre-existing technology they want explicitly excluded from the assignment. List each item by name and a brief description. An empty Schedule B is valid — it signals the Assignor has reviewed and found nothing to exclude.","An Assignor who refuses to complete Schedule B is a red flag. It may indicate they are uncertain about what they actually own or have previously licensed.",{"step":369,"title":370,"description":371,"tip":372},6,"Tailor the moral rights waiver to jurisdiction","In the US, moral rights are limited to visual art under the Visual Artists Rights Act and generally are not an issue for software. For UK, Canadian, and EU assignments, include an explicit waiver or acknowledgment that moral rights are waived to the fullest extent permitted by law.","In France and Germany, moral rights cannot be fully waived by contract — include best-efforts waiver language and obtain legal confirmation on the practical impact.",{"step":374,"title":375,"description":376,"tip":377},7,"Set governing law and dispute resolution","Choose the jurisdiction where the Assignee is incorporated or where the technology was developed. For cross-border assignments, consider a neutral seat for arbitration. Exclude injunctive relief from arbitration so either party can seek emergency court orders.","If the Assignor is a foreign national and the technology has patent applications pending in multiple countries, name the recordal jurisdiction explicitly to avoid downstream filing complications.",{"step":379,"title":380,"description":381,"tip":382},8,"Execute and record the assignment","Both parties must sign the agreement. For patents, file a recordal of assignment with the relevant patent office (USPTO, CIPO, UKIPO, or EPO) within 3 months of execution to preserve priority and enforce against third parties.","Unrecorded patent assignments are generally unenforceable against a subsequent bona fide purchaser for value. Do not treat recordal as optional.",[384,388,392,396,400,404],{"mistake":385,"why_it_matters":386,"fix":387},"Using 'agrees to assign' instead of 'hereby assigns'","Courts in the US, UK, and Canada have held that 'agrees to assign' creates a contractual promise of future transfer, not an immediate present-tense assignment. Until a further act of assignment occurs, legal title remains with the Assignor — meaning it can be claimed by a trustee in bankruptcy or transferred to a competing buyer.","Use present-tense operative language: 'Assignor hereby irrevocably assigns.' If the assignment is conditional, state the conditions explicitly and include a clause requiring the Assignor to execute further instruments on demand.",{"mistake":389,"why_it_matters":390,"fix":391},"Omitting an itemized Schedule of Assigned Assets","Broad language like 'all technology related to [Product]' is ambiguous and routinely disputed in post-closing diligence, M&A representations, and litigation. If the schedule cannot identify each asset, the assignment may be held unenforceable as to that item.","Attach a Schedule A listing every repository, patent, trademark, data set, and documentation package by name, version, and location. For software, include repository URLs and commit hashes.",{"mistake":393,"why_it_matters":394,"fix":395},"No open-source license disclosure warranty","A single GPL or AGPL dependency embedded in the assigned codebase can obligate the Assignee to release their entire product under an open-source license. Discovering this after a funding round or acquisition creates material liability and deal risk.","Require the Assignor to warrant that no open-source components subject to copyleft licenses are embedded in the Assigned Technology, or attach a software bill of materials (SBOM) disclosing every dependency and its license.",{"mistake":397,"why_it_matters":398,"fix":399},"Skipping patent assignment recordal with the relevant patent office","In most jurisdictions, an unrecorded patent assignment is unenforceable against a subsequent bona fide purchaser who acquires the patent without notice of the prior transfer. A startup that forgets to record loses its priority position.","File the assignment recordal with the USPTO, CIPO, UKIPO, or EPO within 3 months of execution. Include recordal filing as a closing condition in any M&A transaction that includes patents.",{"mistake":401,"why_it_matters":402,"fix":403},"No cap on the Assignor's indemnification liability","An uncapped indemnification obligation for IP infringement claims can expose a founder or freelance developer to liability that far exceeds the consideration they received. A $10,000 assignment fee does not justify unlimited exposure to a multi-million dollar infringement suit.","Negotiate an indemnification cap tied to the consideration paid — typically 1–2× the consideration amount — with a carve-out for fraud and wilful misrepresentation.",{"mistake":405,"why_it_matters":406,"fix":407},"Failing to address moral rights in non-US assignments","In Canada, the UK, and EU member states, moral rights — including the right of attribution and the right to object to derogatory treatment — survive a copyright assignment unless explicitly waived. A developer who retains moral rights can object to the Assignee modifying or rebranding the technology.","Include a moral rights waiver clause for all assignments involving non-US parties and obtain local legal advice in France and Germany, where moral rights waivers are structurally limited.",[409,412,415,418,421,424,427,430,433],{"question":410,"answer":411},"What is a technology assignment agreement?","A technology assignment agreement is a legally binding contract that permanently transfers ownership of intellectual property — software, source code, patents, trade secrets, and related documentation — from the creator or current owner (the Assignor) to another party (the Assignee). Unlike a license, which grants usage rights while the Assignor retains ownership, an assignment transfers title outright and irrevocably. It is the document that makes a company the legal owner of the technology it operates and builds upon.\n",{"question":413,"answer":414},"What is the difference between a technology assignment and a license?","An assignment is a permanent transfer of ownership — after execution, the Assignor has no remaining rights in the technology unless a retained license is explicitly carved out. A license is a permission to use the technology while the licensor retains ownership and can terminate or restrict use under defined conditions. Most investors and acquirers require outright assignment rather than a license because a license can be revoked, expire, or be voided by the licensor's bankruptcy.\n",{"question":416,"answer":417},"When should a startup use a technology assignment agreement?","Any time technology critical to the business was created before incorporation, by a contractor without a work-made-for-hire clause, or by a founder on personal equipment. These are the three most common clean-IP issues raised in Series A and M&A due diligence. Executing assignments early — before the first investor conversation — is far cheaper than negotiating them under time pressure at closing. Most investor term sheets include a representation that the company owns all its IP free and clear.\n",{"question":419,"answer":420},"Does a technology assignment agreement need to be signed by both parties?","Yes. Both the Assignor and Assignee must sign for the agreement to be binding and to satisfy formal requirements for patent assignments in most jurisdictions. For US patent assignments, the USPTO additionally requires the assignment to be recorded within 3 months of execution to be enforceable against subsequent purchasers. Some jurisdictions also require the signature to be witnessed or notarized for the recordal to be accepted.\n",{"question":422,"answer":423},"What consideration is required for a valid technology assignment?","In most common-law jurisdictions, some form of consideration is required for a contract to be enforceable. Consideration can be a cash payment, equity grant, employment compensation, or a nominal sum — even $1 is typically sufficient if both parties acknowledge receipt. For assignments from employees, the employment contract and salary often constitute sufficient consideration, provided the assignment clause was included before or on the start date.\n",{"question":425,"answer":426},"What happens if a technology assignment agreement is not recorded with the patent office?","In the US, an unrecorded patent assignment is generally unenforceable against a subsequent bona fide purchaser who acquires the patent for value without notice of the prior transfer. This means a founder who assigns a patent to their company but fails to record it could theoretically re-assign it to a third party, who would then hold superior title. Similar principles apply in Canada, the UK, and EU member states. Recordal is not optional for patent assignments.\n",{"question":428,"answer":429},"Can moral rights block a technology assignment?","In the US, moral rights for software do not exist under federal copyright law, so this is rarely an issue. In Canada, the UK, and most EU countries, moral rights — including the right of attribution and the right to object to derogatory treatment — automatically vest in the creator and survive a copyright assignment unless explicitly waived. A developer who retains moral rights can, in theory, object to modifications that distort or mutilate their work. Always include a moral rights waiver for non-US assignments.\n",{"question":431,"answer":432},"What open-source issues should I check before signing a technology assignment?","Before executing, request a software bill of materials (SBOM) listing every third-party library or component embedded in the codebase, along with its license. Copyleft licenses — GPL, AGPL, LGPL — impose conditions on downstream distribution and can require the Assignee to release their product under the same open-source terms. Permissive licenses — MIT, Apache 2.0, BSD — are generally safe. A single undisclosed copyleft dependency discovered post-assignment can create significant commercial and legal exposure.\n",{"question":434,"answer":435},"Do I need a lawyer to draft a technology assignment agreement?","For straightforward domestic assignments — a freelancer transferring a single application to their client, or a founder assigning pre-incorporation code — a high-quality template reviewed by the parties is often sufficient. Engage a lawyer when the assignment involves patents pending in multiple countries, when the consideration exceeds $50,000, when the assignment is part of an M&A transaction, or when the Assignor is a foreign national and cross-border IP rules apply. A 1–2 hour attorney review typically costs $400–$800 and is worthwhile for any assignment material to the business.\n",[437,441,445,449],{"industry":438,"icon_asset_id":439,"specifics":440},"SaaS / Technology","industry-saas","Founder-to-company pre-incorporation code assignments are standard investor due-diligence requirements, and contractor assignments cover every third-party-built feature or integration.",{"industry":442,"icon_asset_id":443,"specifics":444},"Biotech and Life Sciences","industry-healthtech","University-to-spinout technology assignments must comply with Bayh-Dole Act obligations in the US, and often involve co-inventors across multiple institutions requiring individual assignment execution.",{"industry":446,"icon_asset_id":447,"specifics":448},"Financial Services / Fintech","industry-fintech","Proprietary trading algorithms, scoring models, and data pipelines require assignment agreements that explicitly address trade secret protection and restrict the Assignor's ability to re-create similar systems for competitors.",{"industry":450,"icon_asset_id":451,"specifics":452},"Manufacturing and Hardware","industry-manufacturing","Design files, embedded firmware, and manufacturing process patents must all be listed on the asset schedule; hardware assignments often require simultaneous recordal in multiple patent jurisdictions.",[454,457,459,461],{"vs":120,"vs_template_id":455,"summary":456},"software-license-agreement-D12711","A software license agreement grants the licensee permission to use the software while the licensor retains ownership — the license can expire, be revoked, or be voided by the licensor's insolvency. A technology assignment agreement transfers ownership permanently. Investors and acquirers require ownership, not a license, for technology core to the business.",{"vs":105,"vs_template_id":241,"summary":458},"An independent contractor agreement governs the working relationship and may include a work-made-for-hire clause, but many contractor agreements either omit IP assignment or rely on ambiguous language. A standalone technology assignment agreement is a cleaner, more defensible instrument for capturing ownership of specific deliverables after the work is complete.",{"vs":254,"vs_template_id":255,"summary":460},"An NDA protects confidential information shared between parties but does not transfer ownership of anything. It is a precursor to — not a substitute for — a technology assignment agreement. Use an NDA during pre-assignment negotiations, then execute the assignment to formalize the ownership transfer.",{"vs":135,"vs_template_id":462,"summary":463},"asset-purchase-agreement-D730","An asset purchase agreement transfers a broad bundle of business assets — equipment, contracts, customer lists, and goodwill — in addition to IP. A technology assignment agreement is a narrower, purpose-built instrument focused exclusively on intellectual property. In M&A transactions, a technology assignment is typically executed as a closing deliverable under the broader asset purchase agreement.",{"use_template":465,"template_plus_review":469,"custom_drafted":473},{"best_for":466,"cost":467,"time":468},"Domestic founder-to-company assignments, freelancer-to-client code transfers, or contractor IP cleanups with no pending patents","Free","30–45 minutes",{"best_for":470,"cost":471,"time":472},"Assignments involving pending patent applications, open-source risk, or cross-border parties","$400–$800 for a 1–2 hour IP attorney review","2–5 business days",{"best_for":474,"cost":475,"time":476},"M&A technology transfers, multi-jurisdiction patent assignments, university spinout agreements, or consideration exceeding $100,000","$2,000–$8,000+","1–3 weeks",[478,483,488,493],{"code":479,"name":480,"flag_asset_id":481,"note":482},"us","United States","flag-us","Under US copyright law, works created by employees within the scope of employment are 'works made for hire' owned by the employer from creation — but contractor-created works require a written agreement to qualify. Patent assignments must be recorded with the USPTO within 3 months under 35 U.S.C. § 261 to be enforceable against a subsequent bona fide purchaser. California Labor Code §2870 limits the scope of IP assignment clauses for off-duty inventions unrelated to the employer's business.",{"code":484,"name":485,"flag_asset_id":486,"note":487},"ca","Canada","flag-ca","Under the Canadian Copyright Act, moral rights cannot be transferred but can be waived — the waiver must be explicit and is interpreted narrowly by courts. Copyright in works created by employees in the course of employment vests in the employer by default, but independent contractors retain copyright unless a written assignment exists. Patent assignments must be recorded with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office to bind third parties. Quebec civil law may impose additional formality requirements for assignments involving Quebec-domiciled parties.",{"code":489,"name":490,"flag_asset_id":491,"note":492},"uk","United Kingdom","flag-uk","Under the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, copyright assignments must be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the Assignor to be effective. Moral rights apply to software but can be waived by a written instrument. Employees' IP created in the course of normal duties belongs to the employer under section 39 of the Patents Act 1977, but the threshold for 'normal duties' is interpreted strictly. UK patent assignments should be filed with the UKIPO within 6 months of execution to preserve priority.",{"code":494,"name":495,"flag_asset_id":496,"note":497},"eu","European Union","flag-eu","EU member states recognize moral rights of varying strength — French and German law treat moral rights as inalienable and not fully waivable by contract, meaning a best-efforts waiver clause is the practical maximum protection. The EU Software Directive provides that employers own copyright in software created by employees in performance of their duties, but contractor assignments require explicit written transfer. GDPR is relevant where the Assigned Technology processes personal data — the assignment should include a data processing agreement or controller transfer clause. Patent assignments should be recorded with the EPO and relevant national offices.",[255,241,244,251,499,500,501,502,503,504,505,506],"employment-agreement_at-will-employee-D541","employment-agreement-executive-D543","joint-venture-agreement-D889","term-sheet-D473","shareholders-agreement-D1016","confidentiality-agreement-D950","consulting-agreement-D155","team-work-agreement-D13888",{"emit_how_to":198,"emit_defined_term":198},{"primary_folder":98,"secondary_folder":509,"document_type":510,"industry":511,"business_stage":512,"tags":513,"confidence":519},"intellectual-property-and-licensing","agreement","general","all-stages",[514,515,516,517,518],"intellectual-property","technology","contract","legal","assignment",0.95,"\u003Ch2>What is a Technology Assignment Agreement?\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>A \u003Cstrong>Technology Assignment Agreement\u003C/strong> is a legally binding contract that permanently transfers ownership of intellectual property — including software, source code, patents, trade secrets, proprietary algorithms, and related technical documentation — from the creator or current owner (the \u003Cstrong>Assignor\u003C/strong>) to a receiving party (the \u003Cstrong>Assignee\u003C/strong>). Unlike a software license, which grants permission to use technology while the owner retains title, an assignment transfers all rights irrevocably and outright. The agreement records what is being transferred, confirms the consideration exchanged, and includes representations by the Assignor that they hold clean title and are authorized to transfer it. When properly executed and, where applicable, recorded with the relevant patent office, it gives the Assignee the legal foundation to enforce, commercialize, and defend the technology without challenge from the transferring party.\u003C/p>\n\u003Ch2>Why You Need This Document\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The absence of a technology assignment agreement is consistently one of the top issues uncovered in startup due diligence and M&A transactions. When a founder built the core product on a personal laptop before incorporating the company, when a freelance developer was paid for their work but never signed an IP transfer clause, or when an employee created a critical feature under a contract that lacked an assignment provision, the company does not legally own the technology it depends on — regardless of who paid for its development. Investors routinely require clean IP ownership as a condition precedent to closing a funding round, and acquirers can demand price reductions or walk from a deal entirely when title is unclear. A properly structured technology assignment agreement closes that gap before it becomes a negotiating liability, ensures the Assignee's ability to enforce patents against infringers, and gives both parties documented certainty about what was transferred, for how much, and on what terms.\u003C/p>\n",1781186033297]