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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.

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

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.

This ACC Guide sponsored by Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP provides an overview of five specific aspects of brand protection and enhancement in the United States.

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.