Legal Audit of Intellectual Property (IP Due Diligence)
Legal Audit of Intellectual Property (IP Due Diligence) is a service of the law firm AGTL Kharkiv, Kyiv, Odessa.Intellectual property today plays an increasing role in the development of the business and the increase of intangible assets of the company. The availability and openness of information, the speed of copying innovation makes registration and intellectual property protection a priority to maintain the competitive advantage of the business. Specialists of the law firm AGTL will help you to conduct an audit of intellectual property, register rights, protect your interests in court.
IP audit is a sequential analysis of the company’s (or to be acquired) rights to protected intellectual property results, intellectual property transactions, internal corporate procedures and local regulations, as well as to identify legal risks and develop strategies to minimize them.
Our advantages
- Lawyers work in the field of IP project protection;
- Speed in providing the necessary information
- individual approach to the formation of a package of services for the protection of rights.
When is IP Due Diligence audited?
- Acquisition of intellectual property rights.
- Search for external funding.
- Preparing a business for buying or selling.
- Business reorganization.
- Initiating bankruptcy proceedings.
- Creating a joint venture with a contractor.
- Check the reliability and solvency of the counterparty.
IP Due Diligence provides comprehensive information about the intellectual property of a company that is likely to be invested. This is a mandatory procedure for mergers and acquisitions, acquisitions and acquisitions.
The audit process takes into account, describes and evaluates the risks to intellectual property:
- for which there are properly documented documents confirming the existence of rights (patents, certificates, other security documents, contracts);
- The management of which makes it possible to bring material benefits to the company;
- which are already used in the production of products, in the performance of work and the provision of services.
You’ll get
You will receive accurate information about the legal status of an intellectual property object, as well as recommendations to minimize the risks associated with its acquisition or sale.
IP audits
- Trademarks and other means of individualization of legal entities, goods, works, services and businesses;
- inventions, useful models, industrial designs, breeding achievements and topology of IMS;
- copyright and related rights (works of science, literature and art, computer programs and databases, performance and phonograms, audiovisual products and broadcasting);
- internal procedures for dealing with intellectual property, including a system of local regulations that ensure the regime of trade secrets.
In the course of the audit, the intellectual property is identified and the rights to it are documented. The value and profitability of the intellectual property object may also be assessed with the involvement of appraisers and auditors, taking into account its “lifetime”.
Results and deadlines
As a result of the intellectual property audit, the client will receive a detailed report on all available facilities with expert assessments and recommendations.
Our experts will prepare a complete list and description of intellectual property objects, as well as recommendations for further work with them, including optimizing the taxation of intangible assets and minimizing the risks associated with its acquisition or sale.
The duration of ip audits is determined by the number of objects under study and the depth of the analysis.
Extras
- Maintaining transactions with copyright and related rights;
- Resolution of intellectual property disputes
- Registration of trademarks in the customs register;
- Copyright and related rights protection;
- Franchise;
- Manufacturing Secrets (know-how);
- International patenting;
- Domain names (registration and dispute resolution);
- Comprehensive advice on intellectual property protection in information technology;
- International trademark registration;
- Patenting;
- Legal Audit of Intellectual Property (IP Due Diligence);
- Trademark registration.
If you suspect that your rights are being violated, you can contact our specialists – lawyers and lawyers. We will conduct a preliminary analysis of the violation and offer you the best options for protecting your rights.