Another important aspect of intellectual property (“IP”) due diligence is evaluating how the target company has managed its relationships with third party technologist or university professors, and whether infringement claims could possibly arise from those relationships.  Requesting and reviewing documents that memorialize the terms and conditions under which the target company has worked with third […]

Another important aspect of intellectual property (“IP”) due diligence is evaluating how the target company has managed its relationships with technologists, and whether misappropriation claims could possibly arise from those relationships.  Requesting and reviewing documents that memorialize the terms and conditions under which the target company vets prospective technologists is a crucial step when evaluating […]

An important aspect of any intellectual property (“IP”) due diligence effort is to evaluate how the target company has managed its relationships with its personnel and whether infringement claims could possibly arise from those relationships.  Requesting and reviewing the documents that memorialize the terms and conditions under which the target company retains consultants, vets prospective […]

In 1972 Atari released its simulated table tennis game, Pong.  My parents purchased a copy for our family.  My sister and I spent hours playing against one another.  The only feature you could adjust was the speed of the ball, but we were transfixed to the television set recreating famous tennis matches we had seen […]