IP Due Diligence – Why? & How!

Article by Vijay Pal Dalmia, Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Delhi High Court, Partner & Head of Intellectual Property Laws Division, Vaish Associates Advocates, India
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What is a Due Diligence?

• A fact finding
  
  
  • "What are the facts"
• An assessment
  
  
  • "What do I think of this"
• A validation or corroboration
  
  
  • "Is this what I'm told it is"
  • "am I getting what I understand I should be getting"
• Types of due diligence
  
  
  • IP ownership and rights due diligence
  • patent position due diligence (validity and infringement)
  • scientific / technical due diligence

WHEN?

• Acquisition