article thumbnail

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 security measures does the target take to make sure that its trade secrets remain confidential?

article thumbnail

IP Protection For Fintech Companies

IIPRD

Patentibility faces two major challenges namely, framing of invention and prior art in the rapidly developing industry. Therefore, there is a strong possibility that a computer programme will be awarded a patent if it is claimed in conjunction with innovative functionality. Author : Dabiru Bhagyashree, a 4 th year IP Hons.

IP 52
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

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

Garrigues Blog

In accordance with the Spanish Patent Law, the first application for a patent made in Spain must be filed at the Spanish Patents and Trademarks Office and penalties can be imposed in the event of the breach of this requirement. Compulsory application for protection in Spain. Compulsory application for protection in Spain.

article thumbnail

How to Protect Software as Intellectual Property

LexBlog IP

Keep in mind; our patent system is a first-to-file patent system – meaning, it will generally only award patent rights to the first patent applicant. Software technology is patentable under International and US Patent law. While copyrights protect the expressions of a software product (e.g.,