Patent Baristas » Due Diligence Monday: Patents: "Assets acquired in today’s private equity and venture deals, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures are increasingly intellectual property assets such as patents, copyrights and Internet domain names. Because of the value of these assets, intellectual property due diligence has become an important part of the legal work required for these transactions. Such intellectual property assets consist of (1) “content,” which includes text, visual images (both moving and still), sounds, database information, logos, characters and the like, (2) “technology,” which includes biological chemical compositions and methods, electrical and mechanical devices and software and business methods, and (3) combination hardware and software devices."
- Product Portfolio - how the targtet and acquier's IP match and where are the holes.
- IP valuation based on portfolio - what can be sold off to reduce costs
- IP ecosystem - IP held by competitors; prospective lwwsuites from competitors, IP related govt regulations; influence of industry consortium's and std settings
third party involvement - may block patents etc.
govt regulations - anti trust implications
- long range strategic planning - retaiing key employees - success factors - integration with key products, uncovering IP jewels
- state of the art techniques.
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