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Editor's Corner: IP Management in New Companies
In the course of performing due diligence investigations on new technology companies (usually within the context of a potential venture capital investment), an attorney may uncover a number of common mistakes related to such companies' management of their intellectual property. When these mistakes are serious enough, discovery of them can jeopardize the investment, lower the company's or the asset's valuation, or allow the venture capitalist to extract other concessions. Given the current scarcity of venture funding, new companies cannot afford to take risks with the most significant asset they might possess ' especially where such risk is purely as a result of mismanagement. Accordingly, these mistakes are important from the perspective of both the technology companies and their potential venture capitalists ' as well as their respective counsel. The article below captures 10 of the most common intellectual property management mistakes made by new companies.
In the course of performing due diligence investigations on new technology companies (usually within the context of a potential venture capital investment), an attorney may uncover a number of common mistakes related to such companies' management of their intellectual property. When these mistakes are serious enough, discovery of them can jeopardize the investment, lower the company's or the asset's valuation, or allow the venture capitalist to extract other concessions. Given the current scarcity of venture funding, new companies cannot afford to take risks with the most significant asset they might possess ' especially where such risk is purely as a result of mismanagement. Accordingly, these mistakes are important from the perspective of both the technology companies and their potential venture capitalists ' as well as their respective counsel. The article below captures 10 of the most common intellectual property management mistakes made by new companies.
'Huguenot LLC v. Megalith Capital Group Fund I, L.P.': A Tutorial On Contract Liability for Real Estate Purchasers
In June 2024, the First Department decided Huguenot LLC v. Megalith Capital Group Fund I, L.P., which resolved a question of liability for a group of condominium apartment buyers and in so doing, touched on a wide range of issues about how contracts can obligate purchasers of real property.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
CoStar Wins Injunction for Breach-of-Contract Damages In CRE Database Access Lawsuit
Latham & Watkins helped the largest U.S. commercial real estate research company prevail in a breach-of-contract dispute in District of Columbia federal court.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.