An assignment refers to transferring rights or property. Learn how assignments work in options contracts and see examples of assignments in mortgages, wages, and leases.

A recent Federal Circuit decision discussing the effect of an Employee Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement upon the ownership of inventions made by the employee (Preston v. Marathon Oil Co., ...

An assignment agreement regulates the rights of the assignor and the assignee, especially when the assignment is absolute. Through the agreement the assignor confers their rights to the assignee ...