Founder IP Assignment Agreement
Founder-to-company IP assignment covering pre-existing work, employment-related inventions, and moral rights waivers.
A founder IP assignment agreement transferring pre-existing intellectual property (code, prototypes, trademarks, know-how) created before incorporation into the newly formed company, plus assignment of employment-related inventions and standard moral rights waivers. Investors expect this to be signed before or during the first priced round.
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