Services/Intellectual property
Founder IP Assignment.
Assign every founder's pre-incorporation IP into the company — the single document investors always ask for.
Overview
Every priced round starts with the same question: 'Show us the founder IP assignments.' If your founders built the product before incorporating, that IP still legally sits with them personally. We fix that with a short, clean assignment deed.
What's included
In the fixed fee.
- IP assignment deed per founder
- Moral rights consent
- Schedule of assigned IP
- Board resolution to accept the assignment
How it works
A tight, transparent process.
- 01
Brief
List founders, the IP they created and when.
- 02
Draft
Deed and resolutions delivered within 3 business days.
- 03
Sign
Ready-to-execute deed with signing instructions.
Who it suits
Built for these situations.
- Companies preparing for their first priced round
- Startups incorporated after the founders started building
- Companies with contractors who contributed to core IP
FAQs
Questions we hear often.
- Isn't this covered by our shareholders agreement?
- The shareholders agreement usually promises to assign IP — but investors want the standalone deed as evidence. It's a 15-minute due-diligence risk with a one-page fix.
- What about IP from before we became founders?
- That's exactly what this deed captures. It's scoped to pre-incorporation IP related to the company's business.
Talk to us
Legal built for founder ip assignment.
Send us a note about what you're working on. We'll respond within one business day and, if we're a fit, book a free 15-minute consultation with a senior lawyer.