TY  - GEN
N2  - Secured financing in intellectual property is a rapidly evolving area of the law as intellectual property becomes the core asset in many industries. Secured Lending in Intellectual Property, 2nd Edition serves as a guide to best practices in this financing segment by examining the commercial and legal context of intellectual property in commercial transactions as well as financing vehicles and procedures, and the associated commercial and legal risks. The scope of this new edition has been significantly expanded and revised to cover all types of intellectual property, including copyright, patents, trademarks, trade secrets and domain names. This second edition of Secured Lending in Intellectual Property examines the growing recognition of intangible assets as significant corporate assets and the rise in intellectual property used as collateral. Using a hypothetical fact pattern to explain the various concepts, this book provides comprehensive explanations of:      The different ways intellectual property is being leveraged to raise financing through securitization and collateralization     The due diligence process for intellectual property by:         Defining the most common forms of IP and providing an overview of the general principles relating to each form with the goal of highlighting the issues that lenders dealing with IP financing transactions should be aware of         Examining the concepts of copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets and domain names as well as the protection afforded to such property by law, their registration requirements and lifespan, and the specific issues related to IP laws that lenders must understand when conducting their due diligence         Explaining how a creditor can establish the ownership and status of the debtor's IP rights in the due diligence process         Explaining how to examine the status of the IP rights, including their validity, the existence of third-party liens or encumbrances and their scope         Applying the due diligence concepts to a hypothetical situation so readers can understand how these principles work practically in a due diligence review     The creation of security interests in intellectual property by reviewing the applicable laws and how they apply, as well as the general principles of security interest creation and specific issues that lenders taking IP as collateral need to understand and address, including after-acquired IP, tangible property relating to IP and IP agreements (e.g., license and escrow agreements)     The types of agreements used for taking intellectual property as collateral ie. assignment agreements versus security agreements, the differences between such agreements and a detailed review of the content and form of a security agreement for intellectual property assets     The purpose and procedure for the perfection of security interests in IP, as well as a review of the applicable laws, a discussion of what constitutes sufficient perfection and in which registry offices filings are necessary, through a review of recent case law     How to navigate the challenging process of establishing priority in lending situations secured by IP where the priority rules of secured transactions and IP come into play     A series of case studies to illustrate the potential outcomes when intellectual property and secured financing laws are called upon to resolve priority disputes     The laws that apply to enforcement, how creditors can use relevant enforcement measures to help them maximize the value of intellectual property collateral and how a debtor's bankruptcy affects a lender's rights.
AB  - Secured financing in intellectual property is a rapidly evolving area of the law as intellectual property becomes the core asset in many industries. Secured Lending in Intellectual Property, 2nd Edition serves as a guide to best practices in this financing segment by examining the commercial and legal context of intellectual property in commercial transactions as well as financing vehicles and procedures, and the associated commercial and legal risks. The scope of this new edition has been significantly expanded and revised to cover all types of intellectual property, including copyright, patents, trademarks, trade secrets and domain names. This second edition of Secured Lending in Intellectual Property examines the growing recognition of intangible assets as significant corporate assets and the rise in intellectual property used as collateral. Using a hypothetical fact pattern to explain the various concepts, this book provides comprehensive explanations of:      The different ways intellectual property is being leveraged to raise financing through securitization and collateralization     The due diligence process for intellectual property by:         Defining the most common forms of IP and providing an overview of the general principles relating to each form with the goal of highlighting the issues that lenders dealing with IP financing transactions should be aware of         Examining the concepts of copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets and domain names as well as the protection afforded to such property by law, their registration requirements and lifespan, and the specific issues related to IP laws that lenders must understand when conducting their due diligence         Explaining how a creditor can establish the ownership and status of the debtor's IP rights in the due diligence process         Explaining how to examine the status of the IP rights, including their validity, the existence of third-party liens or encumbrances and their scope         Applying the due diligence concepts to a hypothetical situation so readers can understand how these principles work practically in a due diligence review     The creation of security interests in intellectual property by reviewing the applicable laws and how they apply, as well as the general principles of security interest creation and specific issues that lenders taking IP as collateral need to understand and address, including after-acquired IP, tangible property relating to IP and IP agreements (e.g., license and escrow agreements)     The types of agreements used for taking intellectual property as collateral ie. assignment agreements versus security agreements, the differences between such agreements and a detailed review of the content and form of a security agreement for intellectual property assets     The purpose and procedure for the perfection of security interests in IP, as well as a review of the applicable laws, a discussion of what constitutes sufficient perfection and in which registry offices filings are necessary, through a review of recent case law     How to navigate the challenging process of establishing priority in lending situations secured by IP where the priority rules of secured transactions and IP come into play     A series of case studies to illustrate the potential outcomes when intellectual property and secured financing laws are called upon to resolve priority disputes     The laws that apply to enforcement, how creditors can use relevant enforcement measures to help them maximize the value of intellectual property collateral and how a debtor's bankruptcy affects a lender's rights.
T1  - Secured lending in intellectual property.
AU  - Hatzikiriakos, Kiriakoula
AU  - Hatzikiriakos, Kiriakoula,
ET  - Second edition
CN  - KE1042
LA  - eng
ID  - 48466
KW  - Computer software
KW  - Computer software
KW  - Conflict of laws
KW  - Intellectual property.
KW  - Computer software industry.
KW  - Conflict of laws.
KW  - Security (Law) / Canada
KW  - Intellectual property / Canada
KW  - Conflict of laws / Intellectual property
KW  - Intellectual property
KW  - Intellectual property
KW  - Copyright
KW  - Trademarks
KW  - Patents
KW  - Civil law.
SN  - 9780433474098
TI  - Secured lending in intellectual property.
ER  -