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The Value of Withheld Indemnifications	Topic: Intellectual Property
A senior licensing executive from a prestigious technology transfer office recently posed the following question to me: “Our TTO is not willing to grant an indemnification to our licensee. In view of this position, to what extent should we discount the value of our licensing agreement? Should we red...

How Sun Tzu Would Outflank Patent Trolls	Topic: Intellectual Property
Much has been written about strategies employed by patent trolls. Many have opined about the tax they represent to operating companies. Others have lauded trolls for providing markets where inventors can sell their patents for reasonable returns. This article will focus on strategies—many from Sun T...

Business Leaders Must Know Where to Seek Advice	Topic: Leadership Lessons
Executives are often criticized for not being amenable to receiving advice. Indeed, everyone has his blind spots. A great executive is one who turns to someone who can challenge his assumptions and help him avoid falling prey to his blind spots.

The Basics of M&A Due Diligence	Topic: Mergers and Acquistions
In advising companies that are acquisition candidates, two of the questions that I most frequently receive are: 1. What should I expect from the due diligence process? and 2. How can I best protect my confidential information while still moving the process forward? Of course, the due diligence proce...

Preparing for Growth: Making Your LLC a Corporation	Topic: Strategy
In selecting a business entity, the focus is often on the limited liability, single level of taxation, and informality offered by a limited liability company (LLC). However, LLCs provide an additional benefit: relatively simple conversion to other business entities, especially the corporation.

Featured Expert

Blocking Strategies for Intellectual Property
Vincent Brault
CPA North America

BDA: Vincent, please give us an overview of CPA North America.

Mr. Brault: CPA is the leading provider of intellectual property services serving the legal community; has been in business for almost 40 years and serves 40,000 customers. Today we have 1,100 staff in 16 offices. We specialize in outsourced legal services including Intellectual Property, Litigation Support, and Contract Management solutions. CPA initially built the business around the management of IP maintenance fees for a mix of corporations and law firms. Around 2000, CPA began actively diversifying offering software to manage Intellectual Property portfolios for both law firms and corporations. CPA further broadened its product portfolio offering other capabilities such as patent searching, patent analytics, and Legal Process Outsourcing both in Intellectual Property (proofreading, illustration, docketing, and paralegal work), litigation support and contract management. Our solutions help our clients realize profitable revenue through cost reduction, increased capacity, and risk management. More....