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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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Ownership of Copyrights Patents and Trademarks are Created by Employees and Independent Contractors

IP and Legal Filings

The IP dive pertains to all the original creations of humankind inclusive of technical or any scientific innovation. These rights have the sole purpose and that it so protects and confer the creation or an invention specific to a certain period. It acts as a defense to the ideas and creations that are new and useful to society.

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Intellectual Property in Mergers and Acquisitions

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and Intellectual Property (IP) have historically been two separate legal disciplines, seemingly separated by impenetrable walls. IP is now valued by organisations on par with, if not higher than, actual assets. Therefore, some sort of IP transaction is a necessary component of any M&A deal.

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Traditional Knowledge on the agenda for 2024

The IPKat

This Big Kat is thinking about the big issues for IP in the coming year. The early years focused on investigating and analysing national experiences to understand the relationship between IP and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions. It has been a long road to a Diplomatic Conference.

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IP Protection For Fintech Companies

IIPRD

A robust and substantive IP portfolio does not only protect inventions but, also demonstrates the strength of the innovative business models of companies. Protecting Inventions with Patent Protection of inventions in the concept stage, helps in insuring novelty as the Fintech industry is dynamic in nature.

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Methods of Commercializing Intellectual Property – Part I

Intepat

IP assets are primarily directed towards economic gain, either directly or indirectly. Thus, it makes no sense to register your IP in order to avail statutory protection but then keep them locked away out of the public eye. The ownership is not transferred. It can be understood as renting out one’s intellectual property.

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Can You Copyright or Trademark a Logo Designed by AI?

LexBlog IP

used in those generated logos retain the ownership to that original art and do not give you a license to use it exclusively. usually you won’t be given the rights needed to have ownership or apply for registration, but even if you are, your logo could still be refused copyright and trademark registration for other reasons.

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