Formation · Template 02 of 40

Founder IP Assignment Deed

Use it when a founder built code, brand or content before the company existed.

  • About 3 pages
  • 14 drafting notes in the margin
  • 7 clauses
  • Word (.docx)
  • England and Wales
  • Updated November 2026

What is in it

  1. Definitions
  2. Assignment
  3. Further assurance and power of attorney
  4. Assignor’s promises
  5. Consideration
  6. Confidentiality
  7. General

Plus a schedule of the commercial details and signature blocks where the document needs them.

Read the opening

The first part of the template, as it reads in Word. Blanks are shown as lines; the drafting notes sit in the margin of the file.

DEED OF ASSIGNMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

This Deed is made on ____________________ (the “Effective Date”)

BETWEEN:

(1) ____________________, of ______________________________________________ (the “Assignor”); and

(2) ____________________ LTD, a company registered in England and Wales (registration number ____________) whose registered office is at ______________________________________________ (the “Company”).

Background

(A) The Assignor has created or developed the materials described in the Schedule (the “Assigned Materials”) before or independently of any written agreement with the Company.

(B) The Company carries on, or intends to carry on, the business described in the Schedule (the “Business”) and wishes to own all rights in the Assigned Materials.

(C) The Assignor has agreed to assign those rights to the Company on the terms of this Deed.

1. Definitions

How it works

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  2. Open the Word file. Fill in the blanks, pick the options marked with boxes, read each note in the margin.
  3. Delete the notes and the notice box, then sign. Or send it to us for a fixed-fee check first.

Word template

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  • Drafted by a solicitor for England and Wales
  • Drafting notes explain every choice
  • Instant download, link works again later
  • Last updated November 2026
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