- Assignment of Interest in Patent - General (Canada)
- Assignment of Interest in Patent - One Co-Owner to Another (Canada)
- Assignment of Royalties by Author (Canada)
- Assignment of Trademark - General (Canada)
- Assignment of Website Domain Name (Canada)
- Employee Assignment of Pre-Employment Works (Canada)
- Technology Transfer Agreement (Canada)
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Intellectual Property Legal Forms
Whether it be copyright registration, patent protection, trademark infringement or software licensing, protecting your business's intellectual property rights is essential for its future success.
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Computer Software Agreements
Agreements used when developing and licensing software.
- Consulting and Design Agreements
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Copyright
Copyright registrations, assignments, licenses, amendments, and infringement letters and notices.
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Invention and Research Agreements
Used to assign inventions to an employer or selling a partial interest in an invention.
- License Agreements
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Licenses
Intellectual property licenses agreements covering service marks, copyrights, domain names, music, shrink-wrap, stock photo and trademarks.
- Non-Disclosure & Confidentiality Agreements
- Notice, Permissions & Waivers
- Patents
- Performance & Publishing Agreements
- Trademark
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Trademark Forms
Forms to assist you in protecting, selling,and licensing your trademark.
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Work for Hire
Used when hiring an individual to create a copyrighted while the employer will retain all rights in the work.
- Copyright Assignment Agreements Popular - Copyright Assignments Agreements are contracts used between multiple parties in which a copyright owner agrees to transfer the rights – or simply a...
- Copyright License Agreements While Copyright License Agreements and Copyright Assignment Agreements are both used to allow a party to use the full protections of copyright law in respect to...
- Employee Assignment of Pre-Employment Works (Canada) Agreement whereby an employee assigns all rights in a specific invention created before working with employer to the employer.
- Notice of Assignment of Patent (Canada) This Notice of Assignment of Patent is designed for use in Canada. This legal form is available for immediate download.
- Software Licence Termination Agreement (Canada) This Software Licence Termination Agreement is designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- Trademark Cease & Desist Letter (Canada) This Trademark Infringement Cease & Desist Letter is designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- Assignment of Interest in Patent - General (Canada) Assignment of an interest in patent for use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Assignment of Interest in Patent - One Co-Owner to Another (Canada) Assignment of an interest in patent from one co-owner to another for use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Assignment of Royalties by Author (Canada) Assignment of royalties by author for use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Assignment of Trademark - General (Canada) Assignment of a trademark for use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Assignment of Website Domain Name (Canada) Assignment of website domain name for use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Employee Assignment of Pre-Employment Works (Canada) Agreement whereby an employee assigns all rights in a specific invention created before working with employer to the employer.
- Technology Transfer Agreement (Canada) Agreement for the sale and purchase of technology. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- More about Assignments & Transfers
- Shrink Wrap License Agreement (Canada) Shrink Wrap License Agreement created a limited, non-exclusive license for the use of software. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Software License Agreement - Fixed Term (Canada) License to use software for a specified period of time. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Software License Agreement - Fixed Term - Simple (Canada) Simple license to use software for a fixed term of one year. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Software License Agreement - Perpetual (Canada) License to use software with no expiration. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Software Maintenance Agreement (Canada) This agreement is for the maintenance and support of specific software. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- More about Computer Software Agreements
- Computer Consulting Services Agreement (Canada) Agreement for consultant to provide computer services to another party.
- Teaming Agreement for Proposal (Canada) Agreement between a prime contractor and a subcontractor to develop and present a joint proposal for a project.
- More about Consulting and Design Agreements
- Copyright Assignment Agreements Popular - Copyright Assignments Agreements are contracts used between multiple parties in which a copyright owner agrees to transfer the rights – or simply a...
- Copyright Cease & Desist Letter (Canada) Copyright Infringement Cease and Desist letter designed for use in Canada. This letter can be used when your copyrighted work has been copied or used without your...
- Copyright License Agreements While Copyright License Agreements and Copyright Assignment Agreements are both used to allow a party to use the full protections of copyright law in respect to...
- More about Copyright
- Research and Development Agreement (Canada) Research and Development Agreement for use in Canada.
- Research and Development Amendment Agreement (Canada) This Amendment to Research and Development Agreement is created for use in Canada. Many times the parties to an agreement will come to the conclusion that changes...
- More about Invention and Research Agreements
- Copyright License Agreement - General (Canada) License of Copyrighted Material for use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Domain Name Licence Agreement (Canada) Domain Name Licence Agreement for use in Canada.
- License of Tradename (Canada) License of Tradename for use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Service Mark Licence Agreement (Canada) This Service Mark Licence Agreement is designed for use in Canada. This legal form is available for immediate download.
- Shrink Wrap License Agreement (Canada) Shrink Wrap License Agreement created a limited, non-exclusive license for the use of software. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Software License Agreement - Fixed Term (Canada) License to use software for a specified period of time. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Software License Agreement - Fixed Term - Simple (Canada) Simple license to use software for a fixed term of one year. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Software License Agreement - Perpetual (Canada) License to use software with no expiration. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- More about License Agreements
- Copyright Licence Amendment Agreement (Canada) This Amendment to Copyright Licence Agreement is designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- Copyright License Agreements While Copyright License Agreements and Copyright Assignment Agreements are both used to allow a party to use the full protections of copyright law in respect to...
- Domain Name Licence Agreement (Canada) Domain Name Licence Agreement for use in Canada.
- Notice of Assignments Notice of Assignments will give official notice that intellectual property, such as a copyright, trademark or trade name, has been assigned to another individual or...
- Royalty Agreement (Canada) This Royalty Agreement is designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- Service Mark Licence Agreement (Canada) This Service Mark Licence Agreement is designed for use in Canada. This legal form is available for immediate download.
- Software Licence Termination Agreement (Canada) This Software Licence Termination Agreement is designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- More about Licenses
- Employee Confidentiality Agreement (Canada) Agreement whereby an employee agrees to treat certain of the employer's information as confidential.
- Employee Confidentiality, Non-Competition & Non-Solicitation Agreement (Canada) Agreement where an employee agrees to treat employer's secrets as confidential, not to solicit employees or customers and to not compete directly with employer after...
- Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement (Canada) Mutual non-disclosure agreement between two parties contemplating entering into a transaction with one another.
- Non-Disclosure Agreement (Canada) Agreement between a discloser of proprietary information to the recipient of the information requiring the recipient to maintain the confidentiality of the...
- More about Non-Disclosure & Confidentiality Agreements
- Notice of Infringement of Proprietary Rights (Canada) Notice informing another party that they have infringed on your proprietary rights.
- Permission to Film Presentation (Canada) Grant of permission to film to be used in all provinces except Quebec.
- Promotional Contest Rules - Website (Canada) Basic rules for a website promotional contest. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Waiver of Moral Rights - Consultants (Canada) Waiver of Moral Rights by a consultant to be used in all provinces except Quebec.
- More about Notice, Permissions & Waivers
- Assignment of Interest in Patent - General (Canada) Assignment of an interest in patent for use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Assignment of Interest in Patent - One Co-Owner to Another (Canada) Assignment of an interest in patent from one co-owner to another for use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Patent Application Assignment Agreement (Canada) This Patent Application Assignment Agreement is for use in Canada. Patent inventors have the right to transfer their interest in a patent but also have the right to...
- More about Patents
- Performing Agreement - Musical Artist (Canada Agreement between a promoter and an artist for a single performance.
- Performing Agreement - Theatre Group (Canada) Agreement between a promoter and a theatre group for a single performance.
- Permission to Use Photograph (Canada) Permission given by someone to have their picture and/or likeness photographed for a single purpose.
- Publishing Agreement - Publisher and Composer (Canada) Agreement between publisher and composer of music.
- More about Performance & Publishing Agreements
- Assignment of Trademark - General (Canada) Assignment of a trademark for use in all provinces except Quebec.
- License of Tradename (Canada) License of Tradename for use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Trade-Mark License Agreement (Canada) License of a Trade Mark by the owner to a licensee. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Trade-Mark Usage Guidelines (Canada) Sample guidelines applicable to any licensee of a corporation's trade-mark. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- More about Trademark
- Notice of Assignment of Trademark (Canada) This Notice of Assignment of Trademark is designed for use in Canada. This legal form is available for immediate download.
- Trademark Cease & Desist Letter (Canada) This Trademark Infringement Cease & Desist Letter is designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- More about Trademark Forms
- Work for Hire Agreement - Editor (Canada) Work for Hire Agreement for an Editor is designed for use in Canada. This legal form is available for immediate download.
- Work for Hire Agreement - Illustrator (Canada) Work for Hire Agreement for an illustrator which is designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- Work for Hire Agreement - Musician (Canada) Work for Hire Agreement for a musician designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- Work for Hire Agreement - Photographer (Canada) This Work for Hire Agreement - Photographer is designed for use in Canada. This legal form is available for immediate download.
- Work for Hire Agreement - Programmer (Canada) This Work for Hire Agreement for a programmer is designed for use in Canada. This legal form is available for immediate download.
- Work for Hire Agreement - Writer (Canada) Work for Hire Agreement for a writer designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- More about Work for Hire
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- Copyright Assignment Agreements Popular - Copyright Assignments Agreements are contracts used between multiple parties in which a copyright owner agrees to transfer the rights – or simply a...
- Copyright License Agreements While Copyright License Agreements and Copyright Assignment Agreements are both used to allow a party to use the full protections of copyright law in respect to...
- Employee Assignment of Pre-Employment Works (Canada) Agreement whereby an employee assigns all rights in a specific invention created before working with employer to the employer.
- Notice of Assignment of Patent (Canada) This Notice of Assignment of Patent is designed for use in Canada. This legal form is available for immediate download.
- Software Licence Termination Agreement (Canada) This Software Licence Termination Agreement is designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- Trademark Cease & Desist Letter (Canada) This Trademark Infringement Cease & Desist Letter is designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- Assignments & Transfers
- Computer Software Agreements
- Shrink Wrap License Agreement (Canada) Shrink Wrap License Agreement created a limited, non-exclusive license for the use of software. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Software License Agreement - Fixed Term (Canada) License to use software for a specified period of time. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Software License Agreement - Fixed Term - Simple (Canada) Simple license to use software for a fixed term of one year. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Software License Agreement - Perpetual (Canada) License to use software with no expiration. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Software Maintenance Agreement (Canada) This agreement is for the maintenance and support of specific software. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- More about Computer Software Agreements
- Consulting and Design Agreements
- Computer Consulting Services Agreement (Canada) Agreement for consultant to provide computer services to another party.
- Teaming Agreement for Proposal (Canada) Agreement between a prime contractor and a subcontractor to develop and present a joint proposal for a project.
- More about Consulting and Design Agreements
- Copyright
- Copyright Assignment Agreements Popular - Copyright Assignments Agreements are contracts used between multiple parties in which a copyright owner agrees to transfer the rights – or simply a...
- Copyright Cease & Desist Letter (Canada) Copyright Infringement Cease and Desist letter designed for use in Canada. This letter can be used when your copyrighted work has been copied or used without your...
- Copyright License Agreements While Copyright License Agreements and Copyright Assignment Agreements are both used to allow a party to use the full protections of copyright law in respect to...
- More about Copyright
- Invention and Research Agreements
- Research and Development Agreement (Canada) Research and Development Agreement for use in Canada.
- Research and Development Amendment Agreement (Canada) This Amendment to Research and Development Agreement is created for use in Canada. Many times the parties to an agreement will come to the conclusion that changes...
- More about Invention and Research Agreements
- License Agreements
- Copyright License Agreement - General (Canada) License of Copyrighted Material for use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Domain Name Licence Agreement (Canada) Domain Name Licence Agreement for use in Canada.
- License of Tradename (Canada) License of Tradename for use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Service Mark Licence Agreement (Canada) This Service Mark Licence Agreement is designed for use in Canada. This legal form is available for immediate download.
- Shrink Wrap License Agreement (Canada) Shrink Wrap License Agreement created a limited, non-exclusive license for the use of software. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Software License Agreement - Fixed Term (Canada) License to use software for a specified period of time. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Software License Agreement - Fixed Term - Simple (Canada) Simple license to use software for a fixed term of one year. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Software License Agreement - Perpetual (Canada) License to use software with no expiration. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- More about License Agreements
- Licenses
- Copyright Licence Amendment Agreement (Canada) This Amendment to Copyright Licence Agreement is designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- Copyright License Agreements While Copyright License Agreements and Copyright Assignment Agreements are both used to allow a party to use the full protections of copyright law in respect to...
- Domain Name Licence Agreement (Canada) Domain Name Licence Agreement for use in Canada.
- Notice of Assignments Notice of Assignments will give official notice that intellectual property, such as a copyright, trademark or trade name, has been assigned to another individual or...
- Royalty Agreement (Canada) This Royalty Agreement is designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- Service Mark Licence Agreement (Canada) This Service Mark Licence Agreement is designed for use in Canada. This legal form is available for immediate download.
- Software Licence Termination Agreement (Canada) This Software Licence Termination Agreement is designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- More about Licenses
- Non-Disclosure & Confidentiality Agreements
- Employee Confidentiality Agreement (Canada) Agreement whereby an employee agrees to treat certain of the employer's information as confidential.
- Employee Confidentiality, Non-Competition & Non-Solicitation Agreement (Canada) Agreement where an employee agrees to treat employer's secrets as confidential, not to solicit employees or customers and to not compete directly with employer after...
- Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement (Canada) Mutual non-disclosure agreement between two parties contemplating entering into a transaction with one another.
- Non-Disclosure Agreement (Canada) Agreement between a discloser of proprietary information to the recipient of the information requiring the recipient to maintain the confidentiality of the...
- More about Non-Disclosure & Confidentiality Agreements
- Notice, Permissions & Waivers
- Notice of Infringement of Proprietary Rights (Canada) Notice informing another party that they have infringed on your proprietary rights.
- Permission to Film Presentation (Canada) Grant of permission to film to be used in all provinces except Quebec.
- Promotional Contest Rules - Website (Canada) Basic rules for a website promotional contest. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Waiver of Moral Rights - Consultants (Canada) Waiver of Moral Rights by a consultant to be used in all provinces except Quebec.
- More about Notice, Permissions & Waivers
- Patents
- Assignment of Interest in Patent - General (Canada) Assignment of an interest in patent for use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Assignment of Interest in Patent - One Co-Owner to Another (Canada) Assignment of an interest in patent from one co-owner to another for use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Patent Application Assignment Agreement (Canada) This Patent Application Assignment Agreement is for use in Canada. Patent inventors have the right to transfer their interest in a patent but also have the right to...
- More about Patents
- Performance & Publishing Agreements
- Performing Agreement - Musical Artist (Canada Agreement between a promoter and an artist for a single performance.
- Performing Agreement - Theatre Group (Canada) Agreement between a promoter and a theatre group for a single performance.
- Permission to Use Photograph (Canada) Permission given by someone to have their picture and/or likeness photographed for a single purpose.
- Publishing Agreement - Publisher and Composer (Canada) Agreement between publisher and composer of music.
- More about Performance & Publishing Agreements
- Trademark
- Assignment of Trademark - General (Canada) Assignment of a trademark for use in all provinces except Quebec.
- License of Tradename (Canada) License of Tradename for use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Trade-Mark License Agreement (Canada) License of a Trade Mark by the owner to a licensee. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- Trade-Mark Usage Guidelines (Canada) Sample guidelines applicable to any licensee of a corporation's trade-mark. For use in all provinces except Quebec.
- More about Trademark
- Trademark Forms
- Notice of Assignment of Trademark (Canada) This Notice of Assignment of Trademark is designed for use in Canada. This legal form is available for immediate download.
- Trademark Cease & Desist Letter (Canada) This Trademark Infringement Cease & Desist Letter is designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- More about Trademark Forms
- Work for Hire
- Work for Hire Agreement - Editor (Canada) Work for Hire Agreement for an Editor is designed for use in Canada. This legal form is available for immediate download.
- Work for Hire Agreement - Illustrator (Canada) Work for Hire Agreement for an illustrator which is designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- Work for Hire Agreement - Musician (Canada) Work for Hire Agreement for a musician designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- Work for Hire Agreement - Photographer (Canada) This Work for Hire Agreement - Photographer is designed for use in Canada. This legal form is available for immediate download.
- Work for Hire Agreement - Programmer (Canada) This Work for Hire Agreement for a programmer is designed for use in Canada. This legal form is available for immediate download.
- Work for Hire Agreement - Writer (Canada) Work for Hire Agreement for a writer designed for use in Canada. This form is available for immediate download.
- More about Work for Hire
Intellectual Property FAQ
What is Intellectual Property?
When many people think about property, they tend to think about what is most tangible – real estate, for example. But people also forget the importance of protecting intellectual property, which is any type of original or creative work. For example, a movie screenplay would be considered intellectual property, just as the manuscript for a novel or a patent on a new invention would. Other types of intellectual property include visual works such as paintings and musical compositions.
The United States government has a few strong avenues for protecting your intellectual property. From the artist’s perspective, the protection of intellectual property is best achieved through registering a work with the government – patents and copyrights are two of the most popular types of intellectual property. While the government and, therefore, the justice system will be willing to protect your property, the true protection begins with a full knowledge of how intellectual property works.
What types of Intellectual Property are there?
There is a wide, wide range of property that could be considered intellectual property. In the end, what ultimately defines intellectual property is whether or not you are able to register this property with the U.S. government. The best approach to take is that of a bird’s-eye view and look at the most common types of intellectual property registered with the federal government:
- Copyrights: A copyright is a formal registration of original work with the government, and can extend to works as wide-ranging as big-budget Hollywood films to a small business logo. Screenplays, novels, poems, and musical compositions can all be registered for copyrights in order to ensure their protection.
- Patents: Typically reserved for inventions and improvements on inventions, patents are essentially registrations of work that would not be considered, in the strict sense, “art.” For example, an improved showerhead could become a registered patent. Patents carry a lot of legal weight, which is why so many businesses are quick to look for the next important one.
- Trademarks: Understanding the nature of trademarks (as opposed to copyrights) is simply a matter of looking at the word itself. A trade “mark” is what a company uses to distinguish its own work from the work of others and therefore prevent others to use a similar mark.
These are the three main types of intellectual property protection, and chances are if you have an original work of some sort, it will fall under one of these three categories.
What are some strategies for protecting my Intellectual Property?
If you are certain that your claims to your intellectual property are being infringed upon, you cannot expect the justice system to handle the issue for you automatically. Many individuals and companies find that they have to take a proactive approach to their own property.
One of the first tools that most people use is a Cease and Desist letter. This letter serves to identify the source of the problem – what the copyright in question is as well as how it’s being infringed upon – and then requests that the perpetrator of the infringement then change their behavior. In many cases, this letter in and of itself can be enough to stop the behavior; however, just as often, it is ignored. After that point, it is possible to pursue legal action against the person infringing upon the intellectual property; because the intellectual property is registered with the U.S. Government, it will be easy to prove that it exists and is being infringed upon. Many of these lawsuits are then settled out-of court (at this point, the owner of the property may need to receive legal fees back), but many go to court when no settlement can be arranged between the parties.
What happens if I work for someone and create an original work?
If you signed an agreement that says anything created in your employment or work-for-hire for someone else becomes their intellectual property, then that is a lawful arrangement. Because both sides are received consideration (the employer is receiving the work created while you are receiving compensation for your work), this is a fully valid arrangement. If you are under employment from an employer who reserves the right to the work you do at that job, you will have to create work on your own time if you want to own your own intellectual property.
These arrangements are actually quite common and should be expected for anyone seeking employment, though they are certainly negotiable as well if you have a professional relationship of some sort with your employer.
Can copyrights be used by anyone else?
Yes, but if the use is to be lawful, then it will require permission of the copyright owner. Many filmmakers will note that they were not able to secure the rights for certain musical pieces, for example, because the original artist (still in possession of the intellectual property rights) has denied them use of the material.
When a copyright owner wants to let someone else use their intellectual property, it is usually handled in one of two ways: either a licensing arrangement is made, or the right to re-use the copyrighted material is assigned in some way. There are legal documents for exactly these transactions.
What kind of intellectual property licenses are there?
There are a number of licensing agreements that two parties can arrange. For example, the most common is that of a Copyright License Agreement, in which copyrighted material (such as a song) is licensed for use by a second party. Other types of these arrangements include Domain Name License Agreements, Home Video License Agreements, Music Licenses, and Patent License Agreements. These arrangements can be highly valuable to the original owner of the intellectual property because they constitute a potential source of income from the ownership of the property going into the future; for example, someone who wrote a hit song long ago can still see money from it thanks to the licensing of their song.