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New Handbook from ALM’s Law Journal Press Serves as Guide for Conducting Due Diligence of Intellectual Property Assets
New Handbook from ALM’s Law Journal Press Serves as Guide for Conducting Due Diligence of Intellectual Property Assets
NEW YORK – June 11, 2014 – ALM’s Law Journal Press, a leading publisher of print and digital publications for legal and business professionals, today released a new handbook that is a practical guide for buyers and sellers in any transaction involving intellectual property.
Due Diligence for Intellectual Property: Valuing Assets in a Transaction is authored by Stephen Maebius, a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice at Foley & Lardner LLP. This book provides information that will help any reader – lawyer or non-lawyer – to recognize the basic types of intellectual property and identify possible risk factors in a transaction.
With insights from practitioners who specialize in IP valuation, the book is written in a reader-friendly format that includes checklists to help conduct due diligence reviews more quickly and efficiently.
Specific topics covered include the following:
• Fundamentals of Due Diligence
• Patents
• Trademarks, Trade Dress and Trade Names
• Copyrights
• Trade Secrets
• Right of Publicity
• Unfair Competition
• Design Patents
• International Intellectual Property Assets
• Drafting Representations and Disclosures
A detailed table of contents, as well as ordering information for this and other Law Journal Press publications, are available atwww.lawcatalog.com.
Law Journal Press, a division of ALM, publishes more than 150 books, in print and in digital online and mobile formats, on a broad range of legal and business topics. Written by leading lawyers and experts and updated regularly, Law Journal Press editions offer definitive and timely information, insightful analysis and practitioner-oriented guidance for the legal profession.
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