If you are the owner of a piece of copyright, you may want to use a formal document to legally secure your rights in the process of the assignment of copyright. There are a number of standard templates available for this purpose. Copyright can take any form such as a book, film, software, e-book, radio program or virtually any original artistic creation which is capable of attracting rights under copyright law in Australia which is largely governed by a combination of the copy right legislation and the common law regarding the more specific elements of the law of copyright. In Australia, the system of copyright is administered by the IP Australia which also handles the trademark and patent administration system. These are the three major forms of intellectual property protection: trademark, patent and copyright. Although the task of administering copyright is quite minimal because of the lack of registration process in Australia.
The document which we have available on this site is suitable for the transfer of rights in copyright from one person (or company) to another. The copyright may be in any type of work – a book, an e-book, computer programme, a screenplay, painting, document, article and so on.
In English law, legal assignments of copyright must be in writing. (It is possible to have an equitable assignment that is not in writing, but this is not usually desirable because of the uncertainty which can be created as a result.)
Application and features
Written in plain English
Protects both parties
This agreement covers:
Payment: how, how much and when
Identification of the copyright work or creation
Dispute resolution
Succession and assignment
Representations and warranties
Appropriate legal provisions – warranties, exclusions, indemnities
If you would like to obtain a template to work from in relation to your assignment of copyright, all you need do is click here:
