The ninth edition of the PLC Cross-border IP in Business Transactions Handbook brings together detailed country-specific Q&A guides and information on recommended IP lawyers and law firms in 55 jurisdictions around the world.
The Main IPRs Q&A gives an overview of the protection and enforcement of the following IPRs: patents, trade marks, registered designs, unregistered designs, copyright and confidential information.
The country-specific Q&A guides provide practical information on 20 jurisdictions worldwide. In particular, they examine maintaining an IP portfolio, exploiting an IP portfolio through assignment and licensing, taking security over IPRs, IP and M&A transactions, and the impact of IP on key areas such as competition law, employees and tax.
The country-specific Q&A guides on the Main IPRs cover the protection and enforcement of the following IPRs: patents, trade marks, registered designs, unregistered designs, copyright and confidential information.
The PLC Which lawyer? section of the Handbook identifies the leading private practice lawyers and law firms in this area across 55 jurisdictions. This should be read in conjunction with the Lawyer profiles section, which contains more detailed biographies of some individuals.
This Handbook is available online as part of PLC Cross-border. This is a unique online service which provides know-how and market intelligence for in-house counsel and private practitioners operating across borders. The service includes practice guidance notes, standard form documents and checklists as well as the online archive of PLC Cross-border Quarterly, featuring comparative regulatory and transaction guides, and law firm management reviews. Visit www.practicallaw.com/aboutcrossborder for more information.
Other Handbooks in the series include: Arbitration, Capital Markets, Competition, Corporate Governance and Directors' Duties, Corporate Real Estate, Data Protection, Dispute Resolution, Doing business in…, Employee Share Plans, Environment, Finance, Investment Funds, Labour and Employee Benefits, Leniency, Life Sciences, Mergers and Acquisitions, Outsourcing, Private Equity, Restructuring and Insolvency, Structured Finance and Securitisation, Tax on Corporate Transactions, and Tax on Finance Transactions.
The Handbook has been co-published with the contributors. We would like to thank all the firms involved for their excellent contributions and attention to deadlines. If you wish to contact any contributor, full details are set out at the end of the relevant chapter.