We offer to your attention an article by Ramzan Khusainov, Managing Partner of KHUSAINOV KHOMYAKOV, titled 'Conducting IP Due Diligence for Startups', published in the collective monograph: Intellectual Property in the Digital Age: Selected Aspects / edited by M.A. Rozhkova — M .: GAUGN Press, 2023.
The IP Due Diligence of a company is a comprehensive check that allows obtaining systematic information about the IP portfolio and the risks associated with it. Such a check may be required, for example, when:
— selling a company or its intangible assets — dealing with an investor — licensing the company’s IP — obtaining financing secured by IP (bank loans).
The article discusses the concept, goals, and stages of the IP Due Diligence, existing options for its conduct, possible risks, and ways to minimize them. Negative and positive scenarios resulting from the check of a startup are considered through examples.
Link to the post in LinkedIn. Link to read in Russian language.