Make sure your agreements optimise intellectual property rights Practical advice on drafting commercial agreements for transactions involving IP Intellectual Property Issues in Commercial Transactions offers you solutions to the legal and commercial issues likely to arise in relation to the exploitation, licensing and disposal of intellectual property rights. It gives you analyses and business advice for drafting and negotiating IP clauses in commercial transactions. Draft and negotiate on IP with confidence Offers guidance on the legal and commercial issues likely to arise in relation to the exploitation, licensing, disposal and management of IP rights Gives you analyses and business advice for drafting and disputing IP clauses Arranged by commercial transaction Provides you with commercial tips on how to proceed in relation to a given transaction Covers licensing in full Explains the possible IP implications of corporate transactions such as acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures Includes the IP considerations for co-existence agreements and franchise arrangements Shows you the different options for taking security over IP Goes through how to centralise IP rights including all relevant formalities and organisational issues Offers practical tips and solutions to common tax and competition issues Provides examples from key European jurisdictions where the approach to IP in commercial transactions differs from the UK Contains useful case studies and examples Includes a number of commonly used sample documents in the book and on the CD-ROM so you can refer to them and copy and paste relevant sections Highlights key drafting and negotiating points to save you time when putting together documents.