Defensive by Design: The M&A Playbook for Securing, Auditing, and Shielding Mission-Critical Intellectual Property

di Francisco Javier Macias Saucedo (Autore)

Francisco Javier Macias Saucedo, 2025

No longer a secondary concern, a target company's IP portfolio is often the primary driver of post-merger growth and market dominance. This book reveals how acquiring robust IP: Accelerates Growth: Bypass costly, time-consuming internal R&D by instantly gaining a mature, proprietary technology asset. Creates a Business "Moat": Secure an exclusive legal monopoly, building a formidable, defensible barrier to entry that is virtually impossible for rivals to breach. Generates Revenue: Learn to transform intangible assets into reliable income streams through strategic integration into product lines, and low-overhead licensing or cross-licensing agreements. From Due Diligence to Digital Defense This text provides the comprehensive, step-by-step methodology needed for a successful IP-centric merger, focusing on the critical, often-overlooked stages of the deal: Meticulous IP Audit: Discover how to conduct a rigorous pre-acquisition due diligence that goes beyond mere existence to verify the validity, enforceability, and clear ownership of every asset, mitigating catastrophic financial and legal risks. Mitigating Elevated Cyber Risk: Understand the exponential increase in security risk that comes with aggregating high-value trade secrets. Implement a structured, continuous risk management framework—including data mapping, classification, and adopting models like the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF)—to protect your newly secured competitive advantage. Quantified Risk Assessment: Master the process of moving from qualitative concerns to quantified, objective metrics. Use a standardized risk matrix to assess the likelihood and financial impact of a potential IP breach, ensuring security investment is proportionate to asset value. For executives, M&A practitioners, corporate lawyers, and cybersecurity professionals, Intellectual Property as a Strategic Merger Asset is the definitive playbook for navigating the complexities of the knowledge economy's most critical transactions. Secure the future of your enterprise by mastering the art and science of IP acquisition.

• Autore: Francisco Javier Macias Saucedo
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: Francisco Javier Macias Saucedo
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798232436445