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Check It Out! Top IP&T Checklists
Practical Law Legal Update 6-618-3651 (Approx. 4 pages)
Check It Out! Top IP&T Checklists
by Practical Law Intellectual Property & Technology
| Published on 08 Sep 2015 • USA (National/Federal) |
Practical Law's Intellectual Property & Technology Checklists are task-oriented to-dos, designed by experienced lawyers to make your work easier, whether you practice in-house or at a firm. Take a look at the ones your peers are using most.
Practitioners use Practical Law's Intellectual Property & Technology (IP&T) checklists to:
- Quickly scope tasks to better manage client timing and cost expectations.
- Develop an action plan for a team of attorneys so that everyone knows what needs to be done and who is responsible for next steps.
- Ensure that all pertinent issues have been addressed.
Here are some of this year's most popular IP&T checklists so far, by subject area:
General IP
- Identify the main intellectual property and personal rights clearances that may be necessary when creating or using protected works with our Rights Clearance Checklist.
Patent
- Many questions can arise when your client or company seeks to collaborate with another entity to develop a new product. Consult our Joint Development Agreement Checklist to get the answers.
- Our Patent License Checklist highlights common issues to consider when entering a license agreement for patented technology.
Trademark
- The Trademark License Checklist reminds you what to consider when negotiating a trademark license agreement and includes issues to keep in mind when starting a licensing program and choosing a licensee.
- Ever wonder what the likelihood of confusion test is in an unfamiliar jurisdiction? The Trademark Litigation: Likelihood of Confusion Tests by Circuit Chart gives you the test and leading decisions on likelihood of confusion in the 12 regional federal circuits and the Federal Circuit.
Copyright
- Review issues to consider when licensing copyrighted material and negotiating a copyright license agreement in our Copyright License Checklist.
IP and IT in Corporate Transactions
- Does the target in your M&A deal own material IP or proprietary software? Use our IP Due Diligence Issues in M&A Transactions Checklist and Software, Cloud & Other IT Due Diligence in M&A Transactions Checklist to make sure you do not miss any important issues.
Information Technology
- Our Software as a Service (SaaS) Agreement Checklist identifies key concerns and negotiating positions for both sides to an SaaS arrangement.
Internet
- To keep track of the legal issues and risks associated with using social media in your or your client's business strategy, be sure to review our Company Use of Social Media: Best Practices Checklist.
Privacy and Data Security
- Concerned your company or client's information security program might be missing something? The Common Gaps in Information Security Compliance Checklist can help identify potentially costly security gaps.
- If your client or company is already facing a data breach, consult Data Breach Response Checklist for key steps to take.