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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

These rights have the sole purpose and that it so protects and confer the creation or an invention specific to a certain period. With no hidden atrocities the labor intended to be associated with the innovation should be given their due diligence and the public can to emanate from the same.

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Community Property and Patent Ownership

Patently-O

The basis for the argument was that the application that led to the patent-in-suit had been filed while Afana had been married (to Kassam) and, by operation of Texas’ community property law, Kassam had an ownership interest in the issued patent that had not been assigned to Mobile Equity and had not been joined as a co-plaintiff.

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Traditional Knowledge on the agenda for 2024

The IPKat

A key aspect of the Basic Proposal is an international disclosure requirement for patent applications (Article 3): For inventions based on genetic resources, applicants would be required to disclose the country of origin, or if that is unknown, the source of the genetic resources.

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Intellectual Property in Mergers and Acquisitions

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

IP due diligence. The term “due diligence” refers to the process of looking into matters such as party ownership, asset identification, asset appraisal, and whether the business will be advantageous to us. IP due diligence aids the business in developing new business strategies.

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Supreme Court Fixes One Problem with the Copyright Statute of Limitations, But Punts Another — Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Under the “discovery rule,” the limitations period begins to run when “the plaintiff discovers, or with due diligence should have discovered, the injury that forms the basis for the claim.” at 1-2] At its heart, therefore, this case is a dispute about copyright ownership. Petrella , 572 U.S. 17 U.S.C. § at *13-*16. at *16-*19.

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Methods of Commercializing Intellectual Property – Part I

Intepat

Things to Keep in Mind Maintaining Secrecy – Only inventions and designs which are not previously disclosed can be registered for patents and industrial designs. The ownership is not transferred. Furthermore, trademarks and domain names are registered on a first to file basis.