Velocity of Content

MAY 25, 2022

With R&D often siloed by brand or teams in large CPG companies, one of the biggest challenges can be identifying institutional knowledge and simply knowing what other types of research are currently in process. “We When we do acquisitions, you have 30 people visit the site to do due diligence.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

A trademark license may seem straightforward. Since a license is like any other contract, the licensor can add any number of conditions to the agreement, right? How does a license differ from a franchise? Finally, a franchise is subject to many more regulations than a license because it involves much more than a trademark.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 5, 2023

A trademark license may seem straightforward. Since a license is like any other contract, the licensor can add any number of conditions to the agreement, right? How does a license differ from a franchise? Finally, a franchise is subject to many more regulations than a license because it involves much more than a trademark.

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Licensing Due Diligence Business Trademark 52

LexBlog IP

JUNE 6, 2023

A trademark license may seem straightforward. Since a license is like any other contract, the licensor can add any number of conditions to the agreement, right? How does a license differ from a franchise? Finally, a franchise is subject to many more regulations than a license because it involves much more than a trademark.

Licensing 52

Licensing Due Diligence Business Intellectual Property 52

Trademark and Copyright Law Blog

APRIL 13, 2021

Your company has invested in developing its goodwill and protecting its brands, and now seeks to bring in partners. Or perhaps your company seeks to grow by on-boarding third-party brands. Due diligence for mergers and acquisitions. Co-branding agreements. Bankruptcy.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MAY 1, 2022

Due Diligence for Security Interests in Trademarks. When performing due diligence (related to financing, including a line of credit, M&A or otherwise) on a debtor, a trademark attorney will typically be provided a list (typically called a Schedule) of trademark registrations. Article updated May 2022.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 1, 2022

From terminating allegedly infringing users and implementing copyright filters, to due diligence, website blocking, and running a search engine, tech companies can find themselves being held responsible when third parties upset the business models of other third parties. Image Credit: Jimmy Nilsson Masth ( Unsplash License ).

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Music Due Diligence Copyright Social Media 141

LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2023

Integrated Marketing Promotions: How Do Brand Tie-Ins Work? The promotional tie-ins are everywhere, and I’ve spotted creative integrated brand promotions and licensed product collaborations in some unexpected spaces. Here, for example, Mattel owns the Barbie brand and Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Warner Bros.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 4, 2022

This can include inventions, designs, artwork, and even brand names and slogans. Trademarks: A trademark is a type of intellectual property that protects brand names and logos. Investors and Due Diligence. What are intellectual property and intellectual property rights?

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Intepat

JUNE 22, 2023

Commercialization Through Franchising Franchising is essentially a subset of licensing whereby the owner of an intellectual property grants the franchisee to replicate the entire business concept in a different location.

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Intepat

JUNE 19, 2023

Further, such sale may also conflict with the existing licensing agreements with regard to the concerned intellectual property, should there be any. Conducting Due Diligence – Conducting due diligence with regard to the intellectual property to be assigned reveals assets and liabilities attached to it and aids in crystallizing its value.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The publication added that “the firm has been protecting illustrious brands for many decades, with an unswerving commitment to providing an efficient, high-quality service.”. “We Europe, and China, including trademark counseling and prosecution, enforcement and litigation, licensing agreements and due diligence, and advertising counsel.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2023

Obtaining patents or trademarks for their inventions or brand names can prevent others from copying or imitating their innovations, protecting those ideas and giving them a competitive edge. Investors and potential buyers often assess the IP portfolio of an emerging company as part of their due diligence process.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We have previously written about key steps for brand owners to consider for their trade mark strategy in the metaverse and since then, earlier this year, the 12 th edition of the Nice Classification came into force. The case also brings to light the potential for third parties to capitalise on the goodwill of reputable brands using NFTs.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It can comprise of when a trademark was applied for first, registered or used in trade, when was a design/patent first licensed or assigned and so on. Further, it would also simplify due diligence required for IP transactions such as mergers and acquisitions. Is blockchain useful for pharmaceuticals?

Technology 52

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It can comprise of when a trademark was applied for first, registered or used in trade, when was a design/patent first licensed or assigned and so on. Further, it would also simplify due diligence required for IP transactions such as mergers and acquisitions. Is blockchain useful for pharmaceuticals?

Technology 52

Technology Patent IP Invention 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

It can comprise of when a trademark was applied for first, registered or used in trade, when was a design/patent first licensed or assigned and so on. Further, it would also simplify due diligence required for IP transactions such as mergers and acquisitions. Is blockchain useful for pharmaceuticals?

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Technology Patent IP Invention 52

LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

If you’re using an online logo generator, such as the one in Canva, a very popular online program for creating all kinds of visual projects, or Logo.com, you need to look at the license terms of the software. Canva and other logo generators are licensing the use of their product and the generated logos in it to you.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 28, 2022

Ensuring that a business holds all rights to enable it to make full use of its trade mark should be front of mind in any branding consideration. Exploring the terrain of authorship first, it is essential, as part of any brand development exercise, that the author (or authors) of a trade mark are able to be pin-pointed.

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43(B)log

MAY 22, 2023

It is also a widely known fact that on the outset of creating a highly coveted endorsement deal, clients and/or their advertising agencies will conduct due diligence of models in advance of contacting a model to discuss an endorsement opportunity.” Plaintiffs had “varying levels of success and visibility in their modeling careers.”

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

With regards to limits on the number of devices simultaneously connected, no timestamps or IP addresses are ever logged; our systems are merely able to identify how many active sessions a given license has at a given moment in time and use that counter to decide whether a license is allowed to create one additional session.

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IP Whiteboard

JUNE 7, 2021

Trade marks are typically associated with a brand and may include brand names, slogans and logos. Alternatively, IP owners may want to license their IP specifically for use in NFTs to generate additional revenue and goodwill in the IP. IP owners should also clearly address revenue sharing issues in the licensing agreement.

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Intepat

MARCH 28, 2025

Prior to finalizing a merger, the due diligence process involves assessing the company’s assets, with intellectual property (IP) being a key component of this evaluation as IP is highly valuable. It is precisely for this reason that due diligence of IP assets is essential to the success of an M&A transaction.

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Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 24, 2025

Whether you’re building proprietary LLM infrastructure, training models on licensed datasets, or deploying AI-driven tools for end users, the stakes are high. Legal issues dont just affect your back officetheyre part of your product, your brand, and your investor story. Alongside equity, governance documents are essential.

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