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Sample Employee Intellectual Property Assignment

A worked employee IP assignment covering present and future rights, moral rights, inventions, open-source compliance, records and assistance.

Jurisdiction: England and Wales - worked fictional example

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# EXAMPLE: EMPLOYEE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT

Date: 24 May 2028

Parties: Asterfield Robotics Limited and Maya Ellison

## 1. Parties and consideration

Asterfield Robotics Limited and Maya Ellison, Principal Software Engineer, confirm that this deed-like assignment supports Maya's employment duties and is given for salary, continued employment and the mutual promises in this agreement.

## 2. Subject matter

Maya assigns to Asterfield, with full title guarantee and as far as lawfully possible, all present and future copyright, database rights, design rights, patent rights and other intellectual property in software, firmware, documentation and inventions created in the course of employment.

## 3. Operating terms

The assignment covers Maya's work on the Willow navigation module, test harness and safety diagnostics, whether created at the office or remotely, but not an unrelated invention made entirely on personal time without company equipment or confidential information.

## 4. Document mechanics

Maya will disclose each invention promptly, keep source-control records, sign filings and provide reasonable assistance after employment. Asterfield pays reasonable out-of-pocket costs for post-termination assistance requested more than 12 months after departure.

## 5. Party obligations

Maya waives and agrees not to assert moral rights so far as permitted by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Asterfield may adapt, combine, translate and commercialise the work while crediting Maya where commercially appropriate.

## 6. Termination and survival

Third-party and open-source components must be approved through the engineering register and used under their licence. Maya warrants she will not knowingly bring a former employer's confidential code into Asterfield systems.

## 7. Signatures

Confidentiality, security, assistance and ownership survive termination; assignment does not affect accrued salary or statutory rights. If a transfer is invalid, Maya grants an exclusive worldwide licence to the maximum lawful extent. Signed: ____________________.

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