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Assignment of Rights: The LLC and the individual creator can enter into an agreement to transfer the copyright from the individual to the LLC. This agreement should be in writing and signed by both parties.

A copyright assignment is the transfer of copyright ownership rights from one party to another. This transfer is not valid unless it is in writing and signed by the owner or its authorized agent. If you want to transfer a right on a non-exclusive basis, a written agreement is usually not required.

Your words/illustrations/creations used to bring an Idea to life are considered the copyrightable expression. This is why, in general, blank forms are not protectable under copyright law whereas completed-filled-in forms would be protectable.

LLCs do not protect business names or brand names. This means that someone could use your brand name and you would not be able to do anything about it with just an LLC. An LLC is just a way to structure a business for legal and tax purposes. You need a trademark to protect a name and stop anyone else from using it.

Are copyrights transferable? Yes. Like any other property, all or part of the rights in a work may be transferred by the owner to another. See Circular 1, Copyright Basics, section "Transfer of Copyright," for a discussion of ownership.

Generally, when publishing a book, the author grants the publisher a licence. Whereas it is common for authors to assign copyright in journal articles to the journal or publisher. This is a copyright transfer agreement, where the author grants all of their rights as author and copyright holder to the publisher.

Steps to Sell or Transfer Ownership If the work did not come with an Artist Reserved Right Transfer and Sale Agreement, download and print out a copy of the Artist's Rights and Ownership Agreement. Fill in the document and have both you and the next owner sign it. Give one copy to the new owner.

In a copyright transfer agreement you typically will sign over the full copyright to the publisher. The agreement may allow you to retain such rights, but you no longer hold copyright. You likely won't be able to do the following: Post the article on your personal website.

Assignment of Rights: The LLC and the individual creator can enter into an agreement to transfer the copyright from the individual to the LLC. This agreement should be in writing and signed by both parties.