Description
This title educates legal and nonlegal business and finance professionals on the key aspects of intellectual property law and discusses how these rights are treated from an asset perspective, including how they are created, exploited, litigated, valued, insured, and reported. It also highlights key areas of change in intellectual property law, including the potential impact of the pending Patent Reform Act of 2007 on various critical aspects of patent assets.
Features
- Highlights key changes in intellectual property law, particularly patent law
- Includes contributions from specialists
- Includes time-saving forms
- Offers a clear and concise discussion of the proper analysis, valuation, and insuring of intellectual property
- Discusses the intellectual property due diligence project management team and process, including deadline and budget control
- Includes Securities and Exchange Commission attorney conduct rules (including Sarbanes-Oxley) as they apply to intellectual property due diligence
- Examines materiality as it pertains to intellectual property assets generally and in the context of ongoing business
- Includes discussion of valuation of intellectual property assets as well as insurance considerations