Intellectual Property Due Diligence: A Must When Assets Are Transferred
- Topics:
- Acquisitions
- Tags:
- Asset,
- Business Operations,
- Intellectual Property,
- Intellectual Property Assessment,
- Research & Development,
- Thelen Reid & Priest
- Source:
- Thelen Reid & Priest
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Overview: The article is about the acquisition of intellectual property. In today's climate of frequent acquisition and divestiture of assets, it is important that buyers and sellers give appropriate attention to intellectual property (IP) assets. Despite press coverage highlighting missteps, embarrassing case studies of failed IP due diligence continue to make headlines. Intellectual property assessment is not considered mandatory in the sense that particular government filings might be required. Intellectual property might not be regarded as being as crucial as real estate, equipment and employee matters. Accordingly, intellectual property due diligence often is relegated to the end of the deal checklist and, as a result, is addressed inadequately or in a last-minute manner. Not surprisingly, there are numerous cases in which an oversight in intellectual property matters has caused the buyer's or the seller's position to be seriously compromised.
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Format: HTML | Date: Aug 2002 | Pages: 1
