Intellectual Property Law

Chapter 24 Discussion Questions

1. A client’s executive team is meeting with the executive team of another company
to discuss a merger and to review the intellectual property that the client will be
transferring to the acquiring company.

a. What information may be disclosed by the client?

b. What precautions should be taken by the client to protect its IP during
these preliminary discussions?

2. An annual IP audit performed for a client disclosed that the client changed its
corporate name from Energy Systems Inc. to Tech Systems Corp. What should be
done with respect to its registered trademarks, copyrights, and pending patent
applications and issued patents? Why?

3. An IP audit performed for a client disclosed that the client no longer uses the
technology covered by two patents, no longer uses two trademarks, and has
changed the presentation of one of its registered marks from SYNERGY NOW to
SYNERGY FLOW. What should the firm recommend to the client?