Intellectual Property Law
New Matter SPRING 2020, Volume 45, Number 1
Content
- 2020 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- AmGen: Markush Practice in 2020
- Broad Institute Crispr: Epo Patent Revocation Lessons for Claiming Priority to Provisional Applications
- Case Comments
- Contents
- Copyright News
- Federal Circuit Report
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2019-2020
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2019-2020
- Ip and Art: An International Perspective
- Letter from the Chair
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- MCLE Self-Study Article: Bubble, Bubble, Oil-no Trouble?
- MCLE Self-Study Article: Ethics of Social Media For Lawyers: Where Stunting For the Gram Meets Losing Your Bar Card
- Ninth Circuit Report
- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
- Quarterly International Ip Law Update
- The California Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Alumni
- Ttab Decisions and Developments
- Upcoming Events
- The Licensing Corner
The Licensing Corner
Sean Hogle
Rooney Nimmo PC
ANTI-RELIANCE AND FRAUD DISCLAIMERS IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSACTIONS: LESSONS FROM THE M&A WARS
In high stakes transactions in which vast sums of wealth are exchanged in return for ownership in ongoing complex businesses, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) contracts are an oft-overlooked source of clever legal craftsmanship. With so much value and risk embodied in these transactions, counsel for both parties-sought after specialists in these pressure-filled transactions-play a tense game of textual jab and parry, each trying to minimize risk and maximize leverage for their clients. In doing so, they often create compelling contract language readily amenable for use in non-M&A contexts.