Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice Advance Access published online on June 13, 2008
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, doi:10.1093/jiplp/jpn101
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IP in Review |
The associates' aid
Intellectual Property Issues in Commercial Transactions
Christina Demetriades (Ed.)
Sweet & Maxwell, 2007
ISBN: 9781847030849, hard cover, includes a CD
£147.00
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You are an IP associate in a commercial law firm. You are assisting a corporate partner on a complex transaction, involving elements of IP licensing as well as a corporate acquisition. The time is 1.37 am (GMT); you have been asked to stay late because new drafts of the agreements were expected from the other side earlier this evening. The parties have imposed a ridiculous deadline for completing the negotiations.
The documents finally arrive. They contain some new and unfamiliar provisions that had not previously been discussed. You are not