{"id":383,"date":"2018-02-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/mtym\/2018\/02\/15\/buying-selling-business-intellectual-property-including-trademarks-copyrights-tips\/"},"modified":"2018-02-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T00:00:00","slug":"buying-selling-business-intellectual-property-including-trademarks-copyrights-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/mtym\/trademarks\/buying-selling-business-intellectual-property-including-trademarks-copyrights-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying or Selling A Business and Its Intellectual Property Including Trademarks and Copyrights? Here are Some Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A while back, I wrote an article for <em>Metropolitan Corporate Counsel<\/em> on buying and selling intellectual property (\u201cIP\u201d) assets, which include trademarks and copyrights, as part of the sale of all or part of a business.\u00a0 It\u2019s one of those \u201coldie but goodie\u201d resources I frequently consult. \u00a0It was written for attorneys, but anyone can benefit from reading the piece. \u00a0Key points include: what due diligence should parties to a sale conduct before committing to sale or\u00a0 purchase?\u00a0 \u00a0How can a seller make use of schedules in the agreement to reduce liability if there is an issue with IP assets? What representations and warranties about IP assets should a seller look for?\u00a0 How should the transfer of IP be defined in the contract and perfected after the deal is signed?\u00a0 You can read more <a href=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/mtym\/2002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about this post or any other related matters, please contact me at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jhamburg@nmmlaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jhamburg@nmmlaw.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back, I wrote an article for Metropolitan Corporate Counsel on buying and selling intellectual property (\u201cIP\u201d) assets, which include trademarks and copyrights, as part of the sale of all or part of a business.\u00a0 It\u2019s one of those \u201coldie but goodie\u201d resources I frequently consult. \u00a0It was written for attorneys, but anyone can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,46],"tags":[295,296,297,210],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.1 (Yoast SEO v22.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Buying or Selling A Business and Its Intellectual Property Including Trademarks and Copyrights? 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