Intellectual Property (IP) Agreement (Declaration) (Denmark) by Seedsummit
Updated 15 October 2025
The Seedsummit Intellectual Property Declaration ensures that all intellectual property created by an employee or contractor during their engagement automatically belongs to the company. It is useful for protecting the company’s ownership of inventions, creative works, and other IP assets, preventing future disputes over rights or ownership.
Introduction to IPR Declaration
This is a legal document in which employees or other relevant persons engaged by a company undertakes to assign intellectual property right to the company. This is typically executed in connection with employees etc. being engaged by the company with the purpose of ensuring that the company maintains rights to intellectual property which employees etc. have developed during tenure or engagement with the company.
Intellectual Property Declaration
I, [employee name], [position] of [company name] (the “Company”), hereby declare and confirm as follows:
All intellectual property rights - including copyrights, photo rights, patent rights, design rights and trademark rights - in creations of any kind, such as copy, computer software, trade signs, know-how, domain names or marketing principles, etc., which have been created or developed at any time as part of ownership or which are the result of our assignment at our time for the Company, belongs fully and solely to the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, this applies also for creation and developments made before the signing of this declaration. If the Company should at any time decide to formally register any such rights, I will loyally assist with any necessary steps and actions in order to secure the full formally ownership of and registration to the Company.
The Company is fully entitled to exercise and exploit said rights without any restrictions and the Company is fully entitled to make use, develop and change said rights and creations. The Company is fully entitled to reassign the rights and creations to any third party. The right of the Company to utilize said rights is irrevocably and unrestricted and shall not lapse at the end of our ownership.
I confirm that I have no rights or title in any of said rights or products or results from said rights and that I shall bring forward no claims related to any said rights.
Date: [execution date]
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[employee name]
About this template
What is this template?
Intellectual Property (IP) Agreement (Declaration) (Denmark) by Seedsummit is a free, ready-to-use Employment Contracts template you can open, customize, and download on GitLaw. It gives you a professionally structured starting point, so you never have to draft from a blank page. The wording is plain and modern, organized into clear sections that are easy to read, edit, and adapt to your own situation before you share or sign it.
When should you use it?
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What's typically included?
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