 | Richard Corley at the 2021 Osgoode Certificate in Negotiating and Drafting IT Agreements |
March-25-2021
| Lawyer | Richard Corley |
| Area | Intellectual Property |
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March 25, 2021
10:30 am - 11:15 am - Understanding the IP in Your IT: Intellectual Property Considerations Critical to Your Technology Agreements
Speaker: Richard Corley, Partner, Goodmans LLP
This session will include the following topics:
- Identifying the IP and its ownership; potential pitfalls arising from joint ownership of IP
- Characterizing IP involved in the transaction: foreground versus background IP; base product versus customization; methodologies versus work product
- What rights do employees and independent contractors have in the IP they provide as part of technology development?
- How information technology agreements can impact M&A transactions
