在知识产权丰富的并购交易中有效履行信义义务

Berkeley Business Law Journal Pub Date : 2017-07-28 DOI:10.15779/Z389Z90B5W

E. Causevic, Ian Mcclure

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介绍 ...............................................................................................88 .知识产权在科技公司中的价值与经济......................91 A。Patent-Only或Patent-Driven事务 ..............................93 b .识别和估计的金融价值的存在非核心IP .......................................................................96二世。人们对公司的知识产权 ..................................................98 A。误解的是:认为所有的专利属于公司的核心——需要覆盖和保护公司的产品和服务(或者他们都需要对竞争对手防御目的 ) ...........................................................................98 b的误解:没有运营公司会想买我们的非核心IP .............................................................................98 C.误解:专利(核心和非核心)对并购买方和卖方的价值是一样的，潜在的买方会为这个价值买单.................................误解:管理层会告诉董事公司的非核心知识产权是否具有物质价值..........................101 e .误解:我们的专利律师会提醒美国以外谁侵犯了我们的非核心IP .............................................102 F。误解的是:认为我们的顾问将价值核心和非核心IP作为并购过程的一部分 .............................................104 g的误解:我们的投资银行家们将考虑战略IP的替代品 ......................................................................105

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Effectively Discharging Fiduciary Duties in IP-Rich M&A Transactions

Introduction ............................................................................................... 88 I.Value of IP in Technology Companies and the Economy ...................... 91 A. Patent-Only or Patent-Driven Transactions .............................. 93 B. Identifying the Presence of and Estimating the Financial Value of Non-core IP ....................................................................... 96 II.Misconceptions About Companies’ IP .................................................. 98 A. Misconception: All patents owned by the company are core— needed to cover and protect the company’s products and services (or they are all needed for defensive purposes against competitors) ........................................................................... 98 B. Misconception: No operating company would want to buy our non-core IP ............................................................................. 98 C. Misconception: Patents (core and non-core) have the same value to the M&A buyer as they do to the seller, and the potential buyer will pay for that value ................................. 100 D. Misconception: Management will tell the directors if the company’s non-core IP has material value .......................... 101 E. Misconception: Our outside patent counsel will alert us about who infringes our non-core IP ............................................. 102 F. Misconception: Our advisors will value our core and non-core IP as part of the M&A process ............................................. 104 G. Misconception: Our investment bankers will consider strategic IP alternatives ...................................................................... 105

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