Proposal Pack / All Templates / Qualifications - Intellectual Property

Writing the Intellectual Property document

Company name recognizes that parties to this project possess certain intellectual property rights and promises to do the following to protect those rights. Include general statement here about the type of intellectual property rights to be protected and the value of those rights. Intellectual property rights pertain to nearly anything created by an entity including pieces of music any written work drawings paintings photos videos inventions symbols images and designs used in business. Intellectual property rights usually exist for any work wholly created by another whether or not these items have been fully copyrighted trademarked or patented. common exemption to this rule is that work created by an employee using employer resources on company time typically belongs to the employer and most employment contracts explicitly state this. Use this template to discuss the intellectual property rights you recognize and how you will protect them. For example if you use photographers photos for sales brochure you may have written contract with that photographer that includes an agreement to print the photographers name along with each photo. To fill in the Categories below you might state general category such as " Photos on Website" and then describe how you have agreed to treat that category and compensate the owner e. g. " All photos have been paid for in our contract and photographers name will accompany each photo used. " or you might enter the name of an entity that possesses specific intellectual property rights e. g. " John Inventor" and then describe those rights and how you will protect them e. g. " John Inventor owns the patent for the Economizer Unit included in our proposal and he will be duly recognized and compensated for this in the final contract. " Intellectual Property Right Category #1 Discuss this category of intellectual property rights and how you will identify and protect these rights. Intellectual Property Right Category #2

Discuss this category of intellectual property rights and how you will identify and protect these rights.