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Document template · generic.legal.ip_assignment

IP Assignment

  • Render-verified
  • Legal-sensitive
  • Version 1.0.0

IP assignment — full transfer of title in identified IP from assignor to assignee. Common in (i) employee or contractor IP clean-up, (ii) asset-purchase transactions, (iii) university/research spin-outs. EU authors retain moral rights which cannot generally be assigned (Art. 6bis Berne Convention); practitioners use explicit moral-rights waivers to the extent permitted by local law.

JSON Schema

Fields in this template

Data sent to the API is validated against the template’s JSON Schema before anything is rendered. This template defines 16 fields:

Field Required Type Description
reference Optional string
assignor Required object
assignee Required object
ip_assigned Required array of object
ip_assigned[].type Required enum
ip_assigned[].description Required string
ip_assigned[].registrations_optional Optional array of object
effective_date Required date
consideration_amount_optional Optional number
currency_optional Optional string
consideration_note Optional string Prose for non-monetary or composite consideration (e.g. 'included in the fees payable under SOW-2026-104').
warranties Required string
further_assurances_clause_summary Required string Assignor's obligation to execute further documents, assist in recordal with IP offices, etc.
moral_rights_waiver_boolean Required boolean True if the Assignor waives moral rights to the extent permitted by the law governing the specific work.
governing_law Required string
signatories Required array

POST /render

Generate it

One POST /render call: send your JSON, get the finished PDF back. Or skip the JSON entirely and describe the document in plain language on chut.app.

curl
curl -X POST https://api.papii.eu/render \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "template": "generic.legal.ip_assignment",
    "data": { ... },
    "options": {"language": "en"}
  }' -o ip-assignment.pdf

Frequently asked questions

What is “IP Assignment”?

IP assignment — full transfer of title in identified IP from assignor to assignee. Common in (i) employee or contractor IP clean-up, (ii) asset-purchase transactions, (iii) university/research spin-outs. EU authors retain moral rights which cannot generally be assigned (Art. 6bis Berne Convention); practitioners use explicit moral-rights waivers to the extent permitted by local law. On papii this document is available as template generic.legal.ip_assignment: a JSON Schema plus a deterministic PDF renderer, so the same data always produces the same document.

Can I generate a IP Assignment with AI?

Yes. chut.app — the AI back office papii powers — fills this template from a plain-language description: you describe the document in one sentence, the AI structures the data, papii validates it against the schema and renders the PDF. Developers can also call the papii API directly with structured JSON.

Is the IP Assignment template legally compliant?

This template is render-verified: its schema, sample data and PDF output are automatically tested on every release. It is published with status “ready”, meaning it has not yet been through papii’s final legal review. Where it references specific legislation, that is stated in the template description — always have a professional check documents with legal effect before relying on them.