In the United States, shares must be registered with the SEC before they can be sold to the public In turn, it is impossible to register shares without the company preparing a registration statement and, along with a prospectus, filing said statement with the Securities Exchange Commission

As a method of raising capital or collecting cash, a company may sell their customer’s debt owed to them by transferring their Accounts Receivable to another party in exchange for a payment of some kind The first paragraph of a Receivables Transfer Agreement should define the accounts receivable that will be assigned

An Intellectual Property Agreement (”IP Agreement”), also called an Intellectual Property Transfer Agreement or Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement, consummates and formalizes an agreement between two companies for the purchase and sale of intellectual property rights The Intellectual Property being purchased can consist of copyrights, trademarks, moral rights, and/or patents

An Employee Retention Agreement is a legal contract entered into by an employer and a key employee whose services the company desires to retain When employees know that their company might be acquired, they understand that their employment security may be in danger

Properly thought out and managed trademark license arrangements can be win-win opportunities for all parties, including the public The document that goes a long way toward realizing this opportunity is the trademark license agreement

An engagement agreement is a written agreement in which two parties contract for the provision of goods and/or services One party provides the good or service, the other party receives and pays for it

This article will cover the key provisions of an agreement to distribute filmed entertainment, usually made between a producer or licensor ("Producer") of a motion picture and a distributor ("Distributor") These agreements are critical to the process of filmmaking; without them, films would not be viewed by the public

Ever since the Internet came of age in the mid 1990s, advertising deals have become extremely common As we all know, companies advertise on the Internet through the usage of banners and through search engines such as Yahoo and Google in an effort to drive users to their websites

A Settlement Agreement is a legal contract effectuating a compromise between two parties, who agree to settle their disputes between them rather than resort to litigation A Settlement Agreement usually contains a General and Mutual Release of All Claims, meaning that both parties release the other from any past, present, or future liability arising out of the events that led to the Settlement Agreement

A well-drafted Novation Agreement must clearly define the Assignor, the Assignee, the contract at issue for which the Assignee is substituting in for the Assignor, and all other conditions and terms relative to the novation This first paragraph must expressly state that the Assignor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and delivers to Assignee, effective as of a certain date ("the Effective Date") Assignor's right, title and interest in, to and under the Assets, subject to any existing liens and encumbrances on the Assets in favor of third-party arising under the terms of the Contract, but free and clear of all other liens and encumbrances