An essential ingredient of any mature intellectual property strategy is to ensure that you are able to enforce and defend your rights in court should the need ever arise. There is no point securing your intellectual property rights if you don’t have the means to take an infringer to court, or defend allegations being made against you. IP insurance may be an option for you.
Read MoreThis is the second of a two part series about the ways in which different ownership structures can be used to protect IP Assets. In Part 1, we explained how separating ownership and operations is crucial to protecting assets in the case of a business failure. In this part, we look at some commonly used ownership structures.
Read MoreThis is the first of a four part series about the ways in which different ownership structures can be used to protect IP Assets. In Part 1, we explain how failure to plan for business difficulties can involve loss of control or ownership of key IP assets, and discuss some strategies to employ to prevent this.
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