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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. But quite often, a company will tout its innovation when selling, but during the due diligence process, it is revealed that the company lacks adequate protection for that innovation.

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Patent Assertion Entities: A Boon or a Bane?

Kashishipr

The term ‘Patent Troll’ originated in 1994 in an educational video by Paula Natasha Chavez called the ‘Patents Video.’ ’ A patent troll is a term used for describing a company that uses Patent Infringement claims to win arguments and court judgments for profit or to stifle competition.