Intellectual Property Law
New Matter SPRING 2020, Volume 45, Number 1
Content
- Broad Institute Crispr: Epo Patent Revocation Lessons for Claiming Priority to Provisional Applications
- Federal Circuit Report
- McLe Self-Study Article: Bubble, Bubble, Oil-no Trouble?
- AmGen: Markush Practice in 2020
- Ttab Decisions and Developments
- Letter from the Chair
- McLe Self-Study Article: Ethics of Social Media For Lawyers: Where Stunting For the Gram Meets Losing Your Bar Card
- The Licensing Corner
- Upcoming Events
- Copyright News
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2019-2020
- Case Comments
- 2020 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- Quarterly International Ip Law Update
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2019-2020
- Contents
- Ip and Art: An International Perspective
- Ninth Circuit Report
- The California Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Alumni
- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
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.