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IP Due Diligence: Issues in M&A Transactions

Traverse Legal Blog

A main focus in most M&A transactions involves conducting intellectual property (IP) due diligence, including patent due diligence in order to properly assess risk involved in the potential transaction. What kind of process does the target have for protecting its invention? post-grant review, oppositions, etc.)

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M&A Checklist — How to Prepare Your IP for the Legal Due Diligence Process

LexBlog IP

But any company preparing to sell within the next five years should consider the more common IP issues that arise during the legal due diligence process. IP Ownership Nearly all purchase agreements require the seller to warrant that it owns or licenses the intellectual property necessary for operation of the business.

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Fish & Richardson Attorneys Megan Chacon and Crystal Culhane Named 2021 Women of Influence in Law by the San Diego Business Journal

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

were recognized as 2021 Women of Influence in Law by the San Diego Business Journal. in chemistry from John Hopkins University to help clients ensure their life-saving drugs and inventions go to market. Culhane’s work entails counseling on patent prosecution, due diligence, and patentability and freedom-to-operate matters.

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Intellectual Property in Mergers and Acquisitions

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Because all businesses today own some sort of intellectual property, whether registered or not, there is a connection between IP and M&A. In essence, mergers happen when two businesses of comparable sizes combine to establish a new organisation. IP due diligence. What are mergers and acquisitions?

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Inventions ‘made in Spain’: How can you protect them properly?

Garrigues Blog

Moreover, having industrial property assets that have been prosecuted by prestigious foreign bodies, is also useful in many aspects of the business in its initial stages, including due diligence processes in which potential investors will attach a great deal of importance to the company’s registration strategy. of the LP).

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Fish Attorneys Named Finalists for San Diego Business Journal “Leaders in Law” Award

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

San Diego Business Journal (SDBJ) recently named Fish & Richardson Principal Michael Amon and Associate Crystal Culhane, Ph.D. , has established herself as a go-to attorney for pharmaceutical, chemistry, biotechnology, and nanotechnology clients who depend on her to help bring their life-saving drugs and inventions to market.

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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. Alan entered the Den with a clever invention (and DIY-ers dream) he has called the Xtra Hand. But is it new?