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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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Branding Due Diligence – Make it or Break it

Selvam & Selvam Blog

One of the most essential factors of starting a new business is choosing the right name for it. To make sure you create the right perception for the brand, thorough due diligence is a must. So how do you do proper brand due diligence from an IP (legal) perspective? – Kodak).

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Central Role of IP and Marketing in Business Design

azrights

This is one of the many misconceptions about IP that I’ve noticed since starting my business in 2004. If you design IP protection into the business through your agreements, choice of brand name and other identifiers you strengthen your position against the most common and damaging forms of copying in business.

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IP Licensing for Business Companies & Organizations – How to Do it Right?

Kashishipr

IP licensing provides business companies and organizations with additional or core revenue streams, which enables them to increase brand awareness, enhance their overall reputation, and extend their offerings (products or services) into new geographies and markets across the globe cost-effectively. Understanding the IP License. Bottom Line.

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Amendments to IT Rules

IP and Legal Filings

Due diligence requirements: Online gaming intermediaries are required to comply with all due diligence requirements applicable to intermediaries in general under IT Rules 2021. An intermediary that provides one or more online games is referred to as a “online gaming intermediary.”

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Trade Marks in the Virtual World: Is your Business Well Meta-Versed in Emerging Technology?

LexBlog IP

The Nice Classification is a globally recognised system used to classify trade mark registrations across 92 countries , including Australia. – Refine due diligence practices, in particular, taking extra care when undertaking clearance searches to ensure you are free to use a new trade mark in both the real and virtual worlds.

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Intellectual Property Strategies for Development of AI in China

IP Tech Blog

Navigating these challenges in the proper way will be key to the selection of the appropriate business model for the exploitation and commercialization of the algorithms (e.g. licensing, assignment, JVs, cooperation and co-development etc.)