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How to use this Checklist
This Checklist is designed to highlight issues that commonly arise during the negotiation and drafting of the following types of agreement:
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Copyright assignment—pro-assignor
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Copyright assignment—pro-assignee
For further information on copyright assignment and licensing, see Practice Notes:
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Assigning intellectual property rights
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Licensing intellectual property rights
This Checklist can also, where appropriate, form the basis of a simple non-binding heads of terms. For guidance on how to do this, see Precedent: Heads of terms—commercial contracts.
Checklist for proposed copyright assignment
| Checklist | Further information | Notes |
| (A) Key commercial considerations | ||
| ☐ Identify the parties. | Confirm each party’s legal status and whether any third parties (such as group affiliates) will benefit from the proposed agreement. | |
| ☐ Confirm proposed commencement / effective date. | ||
| Key definitions | ||
| ☐ IP rights. | Identify the relevant copyright and other relevant IP rights.Consider how the works are to be exploited and whether to limit the assignment to the copyright in specific works or extend it to cover any works which incorporate the relevant IP rights.Confirm whether future copyright will be included. | |
| ☐ | ||
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