CANADA

Canadian publishers, prepare an Assignment of Copyright and Waiver of Moral Rights for an author with this downloadable template.

• The author of a work assigns his/her right and title to copyright in the work to a third party, and waives his/her moral rights in the work, pursuant to the Canada Copyright Act.
• An author's "moral rights" consist of the right to be identified as the creator of a work and the right to object to derogatory treatment of a work which the author feels is prejudicial or detrimental to his/her reputation.
• Moral rights do not transfer with the ownership of the copyright, but they can be waived by the author.
• This Assignment of Copyright and Waiver of Moral Rights form is a Canadian legal document which can be used in any province or territory of Canada. A French language translation may be required for Quebec.
• You can download the form immediately after purchasing it.

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 Canada Cease and Desist Letter re Infringement of Copyright template is fully customizable to fit your specific circumstances.

Track all the steps you have taken in submitting a trade mark application to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office with this easy-to-use Checklist for Trade Mark Application.

• Use the checklist to record:
  • document filings,
  • correspondence and
  • other steps taken during the application to the Trade Mark division, and
  • includes steps for follow-up after the trade mark has been registered.
• This free downloadable form is available as a MS Word template.
• This checklist only considers the procedure for applications made in Canada.

Complete and file this Declaration of Use as part of a trademark application in Canada.

• This form must be completed and filed with the Trade Mark division of the Intellectual Property Office (CIPO).
• The form is an html template provided by CIPO. It can be copied and pasted into a Word document for submission with your application form.

License the rights to assemble, sell and distribute your products across Canada under this Product Licence Agreement.

• The parties to the Agreement are (i) the owner / inventor of the products and (ii) a distributor.
• The licence extends to all subsequent modifications and improvements of the products.
• The distributor will pay a fixed license fee and a continuing royalty calculated as a percentage of the gross sales price.
• The distributor has the right to grant sub-licenses.
• Products of the distributor and all sub-licensees must meet quality standards set by the inventor.
• The Product Licence Agreement form can be used in all Canadian provinces and territories except Quebec, where a French language version may be required.

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.

Register your opposition to a trademark application in Canada by filing this Statement of Opposition form with the Trade Marks division of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO).

• A Statement of Opposition would typically be filed by the owner of an existing trade mark who has reason to believe that the proposed trade mark will be similar to their own, or would be confusing in the mind of the public.
• This free downloadable form is available in MS Word format from the CIPO website.

Assign your ownership of a trade mark to another party with this easy-to-use Trade Mark Assignment Agreement for Canadians.

• The party assigning the mark (assignor) agrees not to do anything that will be detrimental to the validity of the trademark following the transfer of the trade mark into the name of the assignee.
• The parties agree to settle disputes through amicable discussion, failing which they will refer the matter to arbitration.
• This Trade Mark Assignment Agreement is a digital legal form template which can only be used in Canada.
• You can download and use the form immediately after purchase.

Prepare a trademark application based on proposed use in Canada with this free template Form 4 from CIPO.

• "Proposed use" means that the mark is not yet in use, but is intended to be used in the future.
• The form must be filed with the Trade Mark division of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO).
• The Form 4 Trademark Application can be prepared by following the instructions given with the template, or can be downloaded or submitted online via the CIPO website.