This IP assignment template may be used to assign (i.e. transfer) ownership of intellectual property rights.

IP rights assigned using this document may be registered (registered trade marks, patents, registered design rights) or unregistered (copyright, rights in passing off, unregistered design rights). Under the IP assignment, registered rights must be identified using their registration numbers and other registration particulars, whereas unregistered rights must be identified by reference to the works and materials in which they subsist.

The assignment may or may not be made with "full title guarantee", and may or may not be accompanied by an express waiver of moral rights.

This IP assignment template contains the following provisions:

> Definitions and interpretation
> Assignment
> Moral rights
> Further assurance
> Warranties
> Indemnity
> General

Note: an assignment of registered IP rights should itself be registered with the appropriate authorities – for example, an assignment of a UK registered trade mark should be registered with the UK Intellectual Property Office using Form TM 16 (Application to record a change of ownership).

This template is 6 pages long (including the cover page), and is supplied in Word (.doc) format for easy editing. See the sample document here:

Sample IP Assignment