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Intellectual Property in Mergers and Acquisitions

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Contrarily, the term “intellectual property” (IP) refers to a wide range of exclusive rights over intangible properties, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, geographical indications and appellations of origin, design rights, protection of plant varieties, traditional knowledge, and trade secrets. IP due diligence.

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AIPPI Congress (Report 2): Ethics in Funding IP Litigation

The IPKat

Litigation finance is non-recourse off balance sheet financing where a third party pays the costs of the litigation in exchange for a share of the damages; the client does not pay anything directly to the funder. These structures recognize litigation as an asset class that can attract investment, insurance and has a value to the business.

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Dragons' Den, Episode 11 Series 20

Dragons' Den

Intellectual property played a key part in the decisions made in the Den this week, with the Dragons ever keen to know more about how the entrepreneurs had protected their businesses. The Dragons were particularly interested in this fact, because not having a patent means that others could, in theory, copy Alan’s invention.

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Methods of Commercializing Intellectual Property – Part I

Intepat

The various forms of intellectual property are already well known- trademarks, patents, copyrights, industrial designs, trade secrets, domain names and geographical indications. Enforcing intellectual property rights is a cost-effective preventive measure for deterring infringing conducts.

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A Seller’s Guide to Navigating Intellectual Property Law on Amazon

LexBlog IP

Amazon sellers must understand the major forms of intellectual property –patents, trademarks, and copyrights–and the common pitfalls associated with each form to avoid infringement allegations, storefront disruptions or closures, and even lawsuits. on Amazon or elsewhere) or otherwise publicizing the product.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 29- May 05)

SpicyIP

Controller of Patents. The MHC in Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC vs Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs clarified the role of the ‘person skilled in the art’ (PSITA) in determining non-obviousness. Case Summaries Rich Products Corporation vs The Controller Of Patents & Anr. Anything we are missing out on?

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Legal Implications of IPR Protection ‘In The Cloud’: an Indian Analysis

IIPRD

The “cloud” is an infrastructure for storing and processing data that operates independently of the client. Importantly, none of the data processing or storage currently done in the cloud needs to be done on the client, which dramatically lowers the hardware, software, and security requirements of the client device.