This is a sample assignment of trademark where the Assignor is the owner of or has rights in certain trademarks, including all common law rights, and Assignor wishes to convey all of its right, title and interest in and to the Trademarks to Assignee.
This is a sample employment, confidential information and invention assignment agreement, under which a new employee assigns the right, title, and interest in and to inventions and other intellectual property items that the employee may conceive, develop or reduce to practice during the employment period.
This is a sample employee intellectual property assignment and confidentiality agreement, under which an employee, among other covenants, assigns to the company intellectual property such as designs, inventions, improvements, technical information, know-how, technology and suggestions relating in any way to the products or services of the company, which the employee conceives, develops, or contributes to or acquire during the employment period.
In this multi-country guide, learn the rules for the protection of trade secrets in a wide range of jurisdictions.
A sample policy for directing employees, customers and partners in proper trademark usage.
These template website terms of use are intended for use on non-transactional, information-based websites. The terms of use are not intended for use on websites through which users can place orders for or buy goods, services or digital products. If the website permits User Generated Content (UGC), then additional "acceptable use" terms will be needed, for example, a user's undertaking that he/she will not post UGC that is defamatory, infringing or illegal, and details of the website operator's notice-and-take-action procedures.
Sharing sensitive data with ChatGPT for work, such as source code and meeting minutes, may be labeled a “data leak” due to fears that ChatGPT can disclose the data to the public once it is trained on the data. In response, many companies took action, such as banning or restricting access, or creating ChatGPT data disclosure policies. This resource from Seyfarth and Shaw discusses the implications of ChatGPT on trade secrets, disclosures, and provides key takeaways to consider with AI tools.
This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses how to negotiate a limitation of liability clause in a consulting agreement to sufficiently protect your company's confidential information and intellectual property, under US law. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Intellectual Property Committee and Corporate and Securities Law Committee ACC Networks.* Initially published March 11, 2015; republished March 30, 2023.
This is a sample product development services agreement (United States).
This is a sample trademark registration and assignment agreement, between a company that manufactures a product and an exclusive distributor, and under which the distributor agrees to prosecute and serve as registrant of the trademarks for the product's brand names, and under which the distributor agrees to assign the trademarks to the producing company following termination of the distribution agreement. The sample includes a choice of New York law.