IP Strategies

Intellectual Property Due Diligence Investigation

• Recent Federal Circuit Patent Decisions

• Lemelson Follow-Up

Given the current business environment, in which the value of a company and its competitive advantages are likely heavily dependent upon its intellectual property, it is crucial that a company take reasonable steps to make sure it has rights to its important intellectual property and that it properly protects said property. By conducting periodic audits of its intellectual property, a company can ensure that this property is adequately protected to preserve the company’s earnings and growth potential resulting from the intellectual property. The audit can identify if there are areas in which the company should improve its intellectual property protection or if the company is potentially infringing a third party’s intellectual property.