Technology and Company Acquisitions

Immaterial rights are nowadays an important aspect of nearly every company and technology acquisition. IPRs are sought-after, since they may make it possible to obtain a strong position in the market as far as a certain product or service is concerned.

Determining the value of an IPR is often challenging, especially in the rapidly developing fields of high technology. Those participating in corporate acquisitions also need to be able to understand the complex legislation concerning IPR and competition all over the world.

We assist our customers in company and technology acquisitions through our technical and legal know-how for instance in the following areas:

• recognizing IPR,
• analyzing the scope provided by IPR,
• making IP Due Diligence analyses,
• evaluating the freedom to use the acquired technology (freedom to operate analysis), and
• evaluating the licensing agreements of the object of interest.