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A sample policy for directing employees, customers and partners in proper trademark usage.

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.

This form is for use in licensing of trademarks that the licensor owns in connection with specified goods. Published in 2016, republished in 2023.

Trademark License Agreement (Turkey). Published 2015, republished 2023.

This is a sample trademark assignment for the U.S. Published February 11, 2016, republished March 26, 2023.

This is a sample transfer and assignment agreement between the owner of domain name (the transferor) and a trademark owner (the transferee), for the transfer of a domain name that contains the transferee's trademark, and of all trademark, trade name, service mark, service name, goodwill, and other rights that the transferor may claim to have in the domain name.

This is a sample trademark assignment agreement between two companies, for the assignment of all rights, title and interest in and to trademarks, including "pending applications and registrations, together with the good will of the business symbolized by the Marks, and all causes of action and claims based on past actions or infringement related to the Marks."

This is a sample agreement for the purchase and assignment of US patents between a seller and a purchaser. This sample includes a choice of New York law.