DEED OF ASSIGNMENT OF COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
BETWEEN
__________, of __________, PAN __________ (the "Assignor");
AND
__________, of __________, acting through __________ (the "Assignee").
- 1. THE WORK
- 2. THE ASSIGNMENT
2.3 The assignment includes the right to sue for any infringement of the Work, whether before or after this Deed, and to keep what is recovered. The Assignor shall give the Assignee the originals, files and information needed to use and protect the Work, and shall sign any further paper the Assignee reasonably asks for to register or enforce the rights, at the Assignee's cost.
2.4 The Assignor keeps the personal rights of an author that the law protects and does not give up, including the right to be named as the author where the law gives it and to object to a distortion or mutilation of the Work that would harm the Assignor's honour or reputation. The Assignee shall credit the Assignor as author in the usual way where it publishes the Work, and the Assignor will not use these rights to stop the Assignee's ordinary use and adaptation of the Work, to the extent the law permits.
- 3. PRICE
- 4. PROMISES
4.1 The Assignor promises that the Work is original and the Assignor's own; that it does not copy anyone else's work or break anyone's rights; that the Assignor owns the rights assigned and has not assigned, licensed or charged them to anyone else; that there is no claim or dispute about them; and that any third-party material in the Work is clearly identified and licensed for the Assignee's use.
4.2 The Assignor shall make good any loss the Assignee suffers because a promise in clause 4.1 is untrue, including a reasonable sum for defending a claim. The Assignor shall not make, sell or license a copy or close imitation of the Work to anyone else.
- 5. DISPUTES AND GOVERNING LAW
5.3 This Agreement is governed by the laws of India.
- 6. GENERAL
6.1 This Agreement is the entire agreement between the parties about its subject matter and replaces all earlier discussion, whether oral or written.
6.2 No change to this Agreement is effective unless it is in writing and signed by all the parties.
6.3 If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the rest of this Agreement continues in effect.
6.4 A notice under this Agreement must be in writing and sent to the other party at its address stated above, or to a new address it has given in writing. It is treated as received on delivery, or on the third day after posting by registered post.
SIGNED by the ASSIGNOR
__________
Signature: ______________________________
SIGNED for the ASSIGNEE
__________
Signature: ______________________________
WITNESSES