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Bring your lunch and join us in discussing how every company, across industries, has been impacted by the pandemic. Companies scrambled to new work-from-home models, finances are under a microscope, new needs coming out of the pandemic have spurred and accelerated innovation, and some companies have even pivoted their business to create new products to help fight the pandemic. All of these have IP implications to consider. This session will offer a collaborative discussion regarding:

  • Potential trade secrets challenges created by the unexpected and universal shift to working from home
  • Companies scrutinizing IP portfolios while focusing on the bottom line:
    • When should you drop an IP asset that’s draining cash?
    • How do you determine which IP assets to double-down on?
    • What about licensing your innovations when you wouldn’t have considered it pre-pandemic?
  • IP considerations for companies that are adapting to the pandemic and/or have shifted their business operations, including companies with employees working remotely, those that have accelerated the launch of a product or developed a new product, targeted new markets, or developed a new innovation.

While IP assets and technology rights have always been central in businesses involving biotechnology and software, these assets and rights are becoming increasingly critical to “non-tech” businesses as well. Moreover, businesses of all stripes are using IP assets and technology rights to benefit stakeholders and/or gain a competitive edge. This drives the need to better assess the portfolio of rights and related risks in the context of M&A deals. Issues surrounding ownership, trade secrets and technology licensing, as well as customer or other personally identifiable data, are common.

Recent M&A activity has highlighted the need to conduct careful due diligence, identify important IP assets and anticipate related issues that may arise before committing to the transaction.

Join Armstrong Teasdale Partners Mark Stoneman, Courtney Jackson and Scott Galt, along with Associate General Counsel at Caleres Debbie Norman, as they offer an overview of M&A trends and discuss specific issues that impact businesses of all types regarding IP, licensing, data privacy and technology assets.

 

Sweepstakes Form Template
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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Interest Area: Intellectual Property
Region: United States
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Sponsorship Checklist
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Sample Work For Hire Agreement
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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This is a sample work for hire and assignment agreement. The sample includes a clause regarding work for hire, and an assignment clause under which the rights to the work produced by the hired party are assigned to the client. Initially published August 21, 2020, republished March 29, 2023.

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Sample Invention Record
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
7 pages

This is a sample invention record.

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Region: United States
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Patent Application Template
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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IP Due Diligence Checklist
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
11 pages

This is a sample Intellectual Property (IP) due diligence checklist in a corporate acquisition, for the analysis of the seller's IP assets and related matters.

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Interest Area: Intellectual Property, Corporate, Securities, and Governance
Region: United States
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Invention Disclosure Form
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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Region: United States
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Invention Disclosure Assessment
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts, Intellectual Property
Region: United States
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