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Whether a client is buying, selling, spinning off, or engaging in any other transaction involving an IP portfolio, we advise on how to structure the IP provisions of the deal. And when novel issues arise, our deep experience enables us to provide innovative solutions to meet the needs of our clients.

We negotiate the IP provisions of purchase agreements involving worldwide trademark portfolios and coordinate trademark and copyright due diligence in all kinds of transactions, including asset purchases, stock agreements, mergers, and divestitures for both buyers and sellers. Upon completion of the deal, we record the corporate changes against the client’s worldwide IP registrations.

For licensing transactions, we safeguard our clients’ business and legal interests by crafting or reviewing trademark, copyright, and other licenses or related agreements involving U.S. and international rights. Clients benefit from our broad knowledge of licensing issues, including, for example, the possible liability of a trademark licensor for a licensee’s torts; the effects of a party’s bankruptcy on the license (for instance, the trustee in bankruptcy of a licensor in the U.S. can both terminate the license and keep pre-paid royalties); quality control requirements (if any) under local law; license notice and recordation requirements (important in a number of foreign countries, especially for repatriation of royalties); legal issues concerning license interpretation; and at what point a license agreement shades into an arguable franchise agreement and therefore risks being subject to an entirely additional regulatory scheme in the U.S. 

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  • Managing IP Quotes Allison Strickland Ricketts

    October 2, 2020

    Managing IP quoted Allison Strickland Ricketts in its article about M&A transactions, for which IP rights can be a critical consideration and, in many cases, should be a focus of due diligence. Allison discussed important strategies to protect IP rights and preserve them as a valuable asset in the context of transactions and in general.More

  • USPTO: New Examination Standards for Repeating-Pattern Marks

    September 23, 2015

    On June 3, 2015, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued a new examination guide that applies rigorous examination standards to repeating-pattern marks.  A repeating-pattern mark is any mark composed of a single repeated element or a repeated combination of designs, numbers, letters,More

  • Trademark Warranties in M & A Transactions

    April 4, 2008

    This article was published in The Journal of IP Law & Practice, August 2008, and in Wall Street Lawyer, October 2007More

  • China: Misuse of Trademark Administrative Procedure Can Contribute to Unfair Competition, Warranting Damages

    June 1, 2021

    By Katherine Lyon Dayton

    Brita GmbH v. Shanghai Kangdian Industrial Co., Ltd.,(2017) Hu 0012 Minchu No. 26614 (Shanghai Min Hang District Court)

    The Shanghai Min Hang District Court recently found that a Chinese company’s actions,More

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: Redbubble Could be Liable for Direct Infringement Arising From “Print-On-Demand” Service

    June 1, 2021

    By Roxana Monemdjou

    Ohio State Univ. v. Redbubble, Inc., 6th Cir., No. 19-03388, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 5610 (Feb. 25, 2021)

    Online shopping has transformed the U.S. marketplace and there are a variety of digital marketplaces that allow consumers to make purchases online.More

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