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A trademark can be sold as long as it is currently being used in commerce. It should be noted that it is not always possible to sell a trademark that falls under an “intent to use” application.

Patents, trademarks, and copyrights are all forms of intellectual property and just like any other property, intellectual property can be bought, sold, inherited, or otherwise transferred. Inventors, authors, and artists may prefer to focus on creation and leave the work of licensing and monitoring to someone else.

A transfer of copyright rights is usually either an assignment or a license. An assignment of copyright rights is like the sale of personal property. The original owner sells its rights to a third party, and can no longer exercise control over how the third party uses those rights.

"Consideration" is something that each party to a contract gives to the other party in exchange for that other party's promise or performance of the contract. Transfers of rights under copyright, including exclusive licenses, do not require consideration in order to be valid.

If you want to reuse a work protected by copyright as a whole or any 'substantial part' of it, in principle you need to get permission from the copyright owner. This means identifying who owns copyright in the work you want to reuse and get a licence from them.

There are only four simple components you need to include: The copyright symbol © or the word “copyright” The name of the copyright owner or author of the work. The year the content was published, which can be different from the year of creation.

A transfer of copyright ownership, other than by operation of law, is not valid unless an instrument of conveyance, or a note or memorandum of the transfer, is in writing and signed by the owner of the rights conveyed or such owner's duly authorized agent.

—Any transfer of copy- right ownership or other document pertaining to a copyright may be recorded in the Copyright Office if the document filed for recordation bears the actual signature of the person who executed it, or if it is accompanied by a sworn or official certification that it is a true copy of the original, ...

Using the Recordation System. The new Recordation System allows users to electronically submit transfers of copyright ownership and other documents pertaining to a copyright for recordation.