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Specimen agreement 6:
Assignment of copyright

This DEED OF ASSIGNMENT is made the day of [insert year]

BETWEEN:

[Name of owner of copyright] (the ‘Assignor’) and
[Name of the acquirer of copyright] (the ‘Assignee).

WHEREAS:
(1) The Assignor owns all Rights in the Work
(2) The Assignor wishes to assign all such Rights to the Assignee; and
(3) The Assignee wishes to accept such an assignment on the following terms.

IT IS AGREED:

1. DEFINITIONS
In this Assignment the following words shall have the following meanings:
‘Rights’: all copyright (and all rights of a like nature anywhere in the world) in
the Work together with all the Assignor’s rights and interests in such copyright,
including (without limitation) all rights of action and remedies in relation to past
infringements
‘Work’: [describe the work for example a book, script, article].
2. ASSIGNMENT
In consideration of the sum of [insert] [plus VAT] paid by the Assignee to the Assignor,
the Assignor hereby with full title guarantee assigns the Rights to the Assignee for the full
period of copyright in the Work.

3. FURTHER ASSURANCE
The Assignor will at the reasonable request of the Assignee:
(a) do all acts and execute and swear all documents that are reasonably necessary to vest
absolute legal and beneficial ownership of the Rights in the Assignee or to perfect the
Assignee’s title thereto anywhere in the world; and
(b) give to the Assignee such reasonable assistance as the Assignee may request in
evidencing the Assignee’s title to the Rights anywhere in the world.

4. WARRANTIES AND CONFIRMATIONS
The Assignor warrants and confirms that:
(a) the Assignor is the sole, legal and beneficial owner of the Rights and has full power
to enter into this Assignment
(b) the Assignor has not previously assigned or granted any licences in respect of any of
the Rights or otherwise encumbered any of the Rights
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