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Intellectual Property (IP) rights are commonly bought, sold or licensed as part of a corporate deal or transaction, and often represent a key element of a due diligence process.

Our team of specialist solicitors, patent attorneys and trade mark attorneys are able to provide a commercially valuable assessment of an IP portfolio, either as part of deal process or as a stand-alone ‘health-check’. This assessment can include a basic search, status check and a ‘red flag’ report, or a detailed review of the scope of protection, filing strategies, freedom to operate and ownership. In this way, we are able to stress test a portfolio to identify key strengths and weaknesses.

IP due diligence work may also involve reviewing IP-related licenses and agreements, assessing encumbrances on a company’s IP, checking ownership of IP rights, reviewing employment contracts for IP provisions, and assessing compliance with Open Source Software (OSS) license requirements.

Our team provides direct support to the CMS Corporate team, to ensure a seamless due diligence process.

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    United Kingdom
    24 Apr 2025

    Cross-Border Financial Services 2025 webinar series

  • United Kingdom
    07 May 2025

    On the Pulse webinar series 2025 - Spring/Summer

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    United Kingdom
    29 May 2025

    CMS Scotland In-House Essentials

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    United Kingdom
    06 Jun 2025

    CMS Gambling Conference 2025

  • United Kingdom
    11 Jun 2025

    Power Sector: Managing Risks

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    United Kingdom
    11 Jun 2025

    Risk Essentials: Conduct issues for in-house lawyers: new SRA guidance and beyond

  • United Kingdom
    12 Jun 2025

    Supply Chain Issues in the Food and Drink Sector

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    United Kingdom
    17 Jun 2025

    Gaming Risk – Roundtable Discussion

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    United Kingdom
    25 Jun 2025

    CMS Consumer & Retail Conference - Navigating through change

  • United Kingdom
    02 Sept 2025

    In-House Essentials: Articulating value and effective reporting

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    United Kingdom
    22 Sept 2025

    Skills For Future Facing Teams: How to maximise your ability to deep work in a world of distraction

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    United Kingdom
    25 Sept 2025

    Digital In­fra­struc­ture & Data Centres - Key Market Trends

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    United Kingdom
    21 Oct 2025

    Residential legislative update

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    United Kingdom
    26 Nov 2025

    Reform of commercial landlord and tenant legislation for England and Scotland

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