IP Monday Law Blog
If you are preparing to sell your business, there is one part of the process that often catches founders by surprise.
During the diligence step for an M&A, it is surprisingly common to discover that some of the entity’s intellectual property (IP) was never formally assigned to the company in the first place. It's not the patents or the registered trademarks; it’s the overlooked assets.
Assets such as:
- Website content and marketing copy
- Graphics, videos, and blog articles
- Software written by contractors
- Domain names registered under a founder’s personal account
- Internal ...