IP Issues in Corporate Transactions: A Practical Guide to the Treatment of Intellectual Property in Acquisitions and Investments

As intellectual property and intangible assets play an increasingly important role in determining company value, it is more important than ever that businesses and their legal advisers are able to identify and understand the key issues surrounding intellectual property when negotiating and implementing corporate transactions. This book provides comprehensive guidance to the treatment of intellectual property across the full range of corporate transactions, from initial deal preparation, through negotiating points, to post-closure considerations. Chapters cover intellectual property in the context of all types of merger, acquisition and joint venture, with specialist examination of the core IP sectors: telecoms and electronics, life sciences, media and entertainment, and fast-moving consumer goods. Exploring such allied topics as IP valuation and the relationship between intellectual property and competition law, this guide will be a valuable tool to anyone involved in corporate transactions, of which intellectual property now forms such an integral part.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 5 Neil Coulson Baker Botts LLP Intellectual property rights 7 Clive Thorne Wedlake Bell LLP Types of transaction 19 Richard Binns Lydia Torne Simmons & Simmons LLP IP due diligence in 33 corporate proceedings Paul Davies EverEdgeIP Warranties and indemnities 45 Christoff Pienaar Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc Joint ventures 59 Neil Coulson Baker Botts LLP Life sciences 77 Colin McCall Taylor Wessing Fast-moving consumer goods 95 Zarah Rasool Baker Botts LLP Technology and telecoms 117 Mark Heaney Amy Williams Baker Botts LLP Media and entertainment sectors: further copyright considerations 133 Tim Davison Baker Botts (UK) LLP Post-completion steps for intellectual property rights 157 Tom Farrand Novagraaf UK IP valuation 171 Michelle Korman Stephen Robertson Metis Partners The relationship between IP law and competition law 187 Jonathan Cornthwaite Wedlake Bell LLP About the authors 201

Review :
This book is different because it tackles the core elements of frequently encountered corporate transactions—due diligence and the disclosure-warranty conundrum. IP Issues in Corporate Transactions provides an introduction to the basic features of IP law and practice, seen through the lens of large corporate transactions. It provides useful information for its target audience, which is non-IP lawyers, or perhaps that should be non-IP-lawyers who work in M&A.