Join us next week for the PLI seminar, IP-Driven M&A: The Revolution Has Arrived, as we will be live blogging from select patent driven panels. There is also a live webcast from the seminar in case you won’t be in the San Francisco area.
In the world of high-tech M&A, patent analysis has historically been relegated to the later “due diligence” stages of an M&A transaction and the focus has been primarily if not exclusively on patent risk factors (e.g., the target’s exposure to third party infringement claims or the potential loss of a critical inbound license). Except in rare cases, the strategic value of the target’s patent portfolio has not been a factor in sourcing or pricing the deal. Now all that has changed and strategic patent value has been a driving force in some very significant recent M&A transactions.
The all-star faculty examines the reasons for the change, the ways in which such IP-driven M&A transactions are being structured and valued, and predictions about the expansion – or collapse – of this new market. Learn from the best. The faculty includes current and former corporate IP counsel from Apple, Cisco, Google, Kodak, Intel, JDSU, Nortel and Yahoo, as well as veteran Silicon Valley outside counsel, seasoned investment bankers, and valuation specialists.
Tags: acquisitions, IP, M&A, mergers, patent portfolio
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