Assignment of Copyright and Waiver of Moral Rights | Canada

Any company in Canada that hires outside consultants should download this Consulting Services and Confidentiality Agreement.

• This is a two part contract. The Consulting Services Contract covers the terms and conditions governing the consultant's retainer. The Confidentiality Agreement is written to protect your sensitive business information from disclosure by the consultant.
• The consultant is being retained as an independent contractor and not as an employee of the company.
• The consultant's duties include numerous financial and managerial functions such as preparing budget plans and budgets, preparing financial statements, developing company policies, overseeing investor relations and sourcing opportunities for acquisitions.
• The template is fully customizable and can be used anywhere in Canada except Quebec.
• You can download your copy of the Canada Consulting Services and Confidentiality Contract immediately after purchasing it.

Set the terms for payment of royalties on intellectual property with this contract template for Canadian businesses.

• This agreement covers royalties accruing on intellectual property that was developed by the seller, which is being transferred to a purchaser as part of a transfer of business assets.
• The intellectual property will continue to be used by the purchaser in connection with the business operations, and royalties will continue to accrue.
• The purchaser agrees to pay the seller an ongoing royalty for a specified number of years following the closing of the purchase and sale transaction.
• The royalty will be calculated based on the customer base and non-exempted gross earnings of the business.
• This Royalty Agreement refers to the laws of Canada. It can be used in any Canadian province or territory. A French language version may be required in Quebec.

Issue a Cease and Desist Letter for Copyright Infringement with this template for copyrights registered in Canada.

• The Cease and Desist Letter can be prepared and sent to the infringing party by either yourself as the owner of the copyright, or by your lawyer. It contains the following:
  • details of the owner's copyright in the work (written, music, art, video, etc),
  • details of the infringing use of the work,
  • a demand to cease and desist from any further distribution or other use of the copyrighted material,
  • a demand that the infringing party provide information concerning the extent of the use, together with all undistributed copies of the material.
• This template is available as a downloadable MS Word document and is fully customizable to fit your specific circumstances.
• Intended to be used only for Canadian copyrights.

Canadian music publishers, obtain copyright in a composition written on a for-hire basis with this Assignment of Copyright form.

• The composer assigns worldwide copyright in the work over to the publisher.
• The assignment form contains a waiver of moral rights clause, which can be deleted if not applicable.
• The songwriter is still entitled to performance royalties as a member of any performing rights society.

Every music publisher in Canada needs a copy of the Assignment of Copyright in Musical Composition form. Get yours today.

Translators, hire out your services for translating written or spoken materials with this Translation Agreement.

• The translator's services include translation of documents, interpretation of spoken language, inputting translated documents, translation research, language instruction and cultural training.
• The customer is responsible for supplying the material to be translated and for providing detailed instructions as to format, layouts, deadlines, and degree of difficulty of the original text.
• The customer retains all ownership of the materials. The customer warrants that all materials are owned by or licensed to the customer, and indemnifies the translator against any infringement claims.
• The translator agrees to keep all of the customer's materials and information confidential.
• The customer has the right to an independent review in order to ensure that the translation work is accurate.
• The translator is an independent contractor, and as such is responsible for paying al income tax, payroll taxes and other deductions and withholdings required by law.
• The Agreement includes a Schedule of rates for services.
• Always get customers to sign your Translation Agreement before you start work, to ensure your customer honors the terms of your deal.