---
title: "Deed of assignment of intellectual property (with moral rights consent)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/ip-assignment-deed"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a23-ip-assignment-deed"
area_id: "A23"
kind: "deed"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-17"
---

# Deed of assignment of intellectual property (with moral rights consent)

> Deed assigning copyright, registered and unregistered IP from an individual or company to the client, with a present assignment of future copyright, a moral rights consent that meets s 195AWA, recordal steps and…

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Law stated as at: 2026-10-17

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Deed assigning copyright, registered and unregistered IP from an individual or company to the client, with a present assignment of future copyright, a moral rights consent that meets s 195AWA, recordal steps and further assurance.

## Key facts

- Kind: Deed. A deed that must be executed as a deed.
- Practice area: [Intellectual Property — Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright, Designs](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-17
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-17 against the 8 authorities it cites, for Australia.

## When to use it

Use to bring IP created by a founder, contractor or former owner into the client, or to tidy chain of title before a sale or investment. For employees, IP made under a contract of service usually vests in the employer already; use this deed to confirm it and obtain moral rights consents.

## How AI may be used

AI may populate the IP schedules from register extracts and the data room, and flag gaps in chain of title. A lawyer verifies the chain of title and settles the scope of the assignment and the moral rights consent.

**AI may:**

- Populate Schedule 1 from register extracts and the client's asset list, with a source for each row.
- Compare the schedule with the data room and list assets that appear in one but not the other.
- Draft the recordal requests for IP Australia from the executed deed.

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide who owns an asset or assume that a contractor's work belongs to the client.
- Must not widen or narrow the moral rights consent without the lawyer's instruction.
- Must not enter unpublished inventions or confidential source code into a consumer tool.

**The lawyer checks:**

- Chain of title from each creator to the assignor is documented.
- The moral rights consent names specified acts and specified works or classes (s 195AWA(3)).
- Both parties sign where the Patents Act or Designs Act requires it, and the deed is executed correctly.

## Authorities

- [Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s 196(3) (assignment of copyright must be in writing signed by or on behalf of the assignor)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1968A00063/latest/text)
- [Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s 197 (prospective ownership of future copyright)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1968A00063/latest/text)
- [Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) ss 195AW, 195AWA (author's consent for moral rights: films; works other than films)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1968A00063/latest/text)
- [Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s 35(6) (works made by employees)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1968A00063/latest/text)
- [Patents Act 1990 (Cth) s 14 (assignment of a patent must be in writing signed by assignor and assignee)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A04014/latest/text)
- [Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) ss 106, 109 (assignment; recording the assignment)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A04969/latest/text)
- [Designs Act 2003 (Cth) ss 11, 114 (assignment signed by assignor and assignee; recording)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A01232/latest/text)
- [Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 127 (execution of documents, including deeds, by a company)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A00818/latest/text)

## Full text and drafting notes

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*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*