DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “IP
Due Diligence & Freedom-to-Operate in Practice” conference
has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.
This intensive one-day course will give you many insights into the best
practice of organising and conducting an efficient and thorough IP due
diligence project.
A properly conducted due diligence search can lead to many opportunities
for both buyers and sellers, including long-term relationships and new
business synergies.
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Attending this seminar will ensure you know how to mitigate the risks
involved and will give you key insights into balancing internal
resources and outside expertise to. -
the best advantage. It will help you understand the vital aspects of
an FTO analysis from a US and EU perspective, plus, learn about the IP
landscape in China as well as new opportunities. -
You will benefit from the experience of the expert panel during the
discussion session and get the solutions you need to your questions.
By attending this one-day intensive seminar, you will:
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Gain practical advice from highly-rated experts on
how best to prepare for your due diligence and FTO projects -
Learn to identify when due diligence and FTO projects
are desirable and how to determine what the scope should be -
Improve your understanding of the risks around
ownership and learn how to minimise these risks -
Communicate due diligence results effectively while
protecting confidential and privileged information -
Understand your obligations if the deal doesn’t go
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Be prepared for the FTO questions that will be raised
by your client/company when they want to use new technology or expand
existing technology -
Understand which FTO questions you should ask, to
make the most of your time and budget -
Discuss best practices for setting up and conducting
a thorough analysis -
Gain valuable insight into infringement and validity
analysis in Europe and the US -
Take away practical advice on leveraging the European
and US systems to your advantage -
Learn to evaluate, minimise and communicate risk
effectively
Who Should Attend?
- Patent attorneys
- In-house lawyers
- Business development executives/managers
- IP and patent managers
- Licensing executives
- Trade mark attorneys
Agenda
Best practices for organising and conducting an IP due diligence
project
- Understanding the business goals
- Practical issues regarding accessing information
- Privilege and confidentiality issues
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Developing a comprehensive due diligence checklist to determine
project scope under different deal conditions and budgets - Awareness of relevant US IP issues frequently encountered
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Potential pitfalls when involving company’s technical persons: a list
of do nots’
In-house perspectives on conducting IP due diligence and FTO
projects
- Role of IP – risk factor, nice to have or deal driver?
- Coordination of the projects within various business units
- Balancing internal resources with expertise of outside counsel
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Impact of IP due diligence and FTO projects on IP awareness within the
business units
Mitigating the identified risks
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Real examples will be used to illustrate the types of risks that
generally arise and how to restructure or end a deal having
significant risks
– How much risk is too much?
– What if you
are asked to make the deal happen even if the risk is high?
– Can
you mitigate that risk?
Communicating results and post-deal issues
- Confidentiality obligations if the underlying deal does not go through
- Handling negative information
- Obligations that remain if the deal is successful
- Practical aspects of file retention
Vital aspects of an FTO analysis – US perspective
- Tactics for recognising the products and processes to be cleared
- Timing and scope of the project
- Defining the search – common pitfalls
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Validity and infringement analysis – tactics for triage’ on the FTO
search results
– US perspectives on relevant legal issues -
Cost effective approach for dealing with potentially problematic or
blocking’ patents
– US perspectives on relevant legal issues
Vital aspects of an FTO analysis – EP perspective
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Strategies for analysing whether EP infringement and validity issues
in FTO context - Recognising the risks in different EP jurisdictions
- EP options for dealing with competitor patents
- Best practices for EP counsel and in-house teams
Wrestling the Chinese dragon
- IP landscape in China
- Strategies used by Chinese companies to leverage IP
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Chinese FTO
– Conducting searches for China IP
– The
language issue’ (using Chinese documents) – Strategic options for
specialist support
– Options for dealing with third parties
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Chinese weapons
For more information about this conference visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/hp9rco
Contacts
ResearchAndMarkets.com
Laura Wood, Senior Press Manager
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