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

LexBlog IP

The deal market reached historic levels in recent years, with record-setting merger and acquisition activity in 2021. Markets have since cooled, with capital becoming harder to find. 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.

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Role And Significance Of IP Due-Diligence In M&A Transactions In India

IIPRD

Companies frequently seek to grow their businesses or enter new markets by acquiring other companies, particularly those with intellectual property (IP) and/or technology. Evolving Significance of IP Due-Diligence for an M&A Transaction. Every now and again, significant IP gets left out of a sale by accident or design.

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Central Role of IP and Marketing in Business Design

azrights

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. Although I engaged a designer for my “branding”, all I essentially got from the expensive exercise was a logo, and a website.

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Luxury Real Estate Market Boom in Dubai: Legal Considerations

LexBlog IP

Dubai’s luxury real estate market has witnessed a remarkable boom, attracting investors and high-net-worth individuals from all corners of the world. This requirement ensures transparency, accountability, and legal recognition of property transactions in the luxury real estate market. Article 3 of Dubai Law No.

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IP Issues That Impact Business Design

azrights

Any mistakes in your IP position would come to light during due diligence checks in any sale of your business. As the Clubcard case illustrates, mistakes around names happen even at the household brand end of the market, and even when using an agency, designer or marketer.

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Intellectual Property in Mergers and Acquisitions

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

M&A helps organisations increase their market opportunities, combine their resources, and consolidate their operations. Businesses buy out rivals for a variety of reasons, including cost savings, increased market share, and scalability. IP due diligence. Due diligence on IP benefits both buyers and sellers.

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Do You Know The Best Way to Protect Your Intellectual Property?

azrights

Learning key IP principles equips you to better structure and design a business. Designers and Marketers are not Trained in IP It happens all too frequently that even when businesses use professionals like designers and marketers for branding support, they end up with inadequate names.