Make sure the company owns what it makes.
Trademark applications, IP ownership and assignments, confidentiality agreements, and licensing.
Usually comes up at: Formation Inflection points
- Mark
- Your brand
- Owner
- The company
- Goods and services
- As described in the filing
- Status
- Application filed
Four protections.
What to register, what the company should own, what to keep confidential and what to license.
Trademark applications
Protecting the name and marks your customers know you by.
IP ownership and assignments
Making sure the company owns its IP from day one, including work by founders and contractors.
Confidentiality agreements
Sharing what you need to, with the protection in writing first.
Licensing
Letting others use your IP, or using theirs, on terms that fit the business.
Gaps in assignment, contractor work, or trade secret handling can surface late and put a deal at risk.
What a buyer’s diligence asks about.
- 01IP ownership and assignments
- 02Contractor work
- 03Confidentiality agreements and trade secret handling
- 04Trademark applications and licensing
Check who owns the work.
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