---
title: "IP Audit & Assessment"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/intellectual-property-law-en/ip-audit-assessment-en"
field: "Intellectual Property Law"
description: "Intellectual property audit in Georgia: transfer, written form, deposition and terms of copyright. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-22"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# IP Audit & Assessment

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/intellectual-property-law-en/ip-audit-assessment-en

## What an Intellectual Property Audit Checks

An intellectual property audit and assessment means the systematic verification of the legal bases on which a given right rests: who holds the right, in what documentary form the right is transferred, how ownership is proven and for how long it lasts. Georgian legislation does not provide a separate, special statute on an "intellectual property audit" — the legal framework of the audit begins with the norms of the Georgian Law on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights. Below are the four blocks that constitute the foundation of every copyright audit.

This guide is intended both for individuals taking inventory of their creative assets and for companies verifying the chain of rights before a transaction.

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### Is there a separate audit statute?

No — the framework starts with the copyright law's norms: transfer, form, deposition, terms.

### What does a deposition certificate prove?

The person indicated is deemed the author or holder unless contrary justification exists.

### Which contracts require written form?

Copyright transfer, work-creation and licence contracts; a licence for periodical print publications may be oral.

### What terms apply?

70 years as the main rule; the first publisher's pecuniary right — 25 years.