LANNING BRYER is a partner in charge of mergers, acquisitions, and licensing at Ladas & Parry in New York City.MELVIN SIMENSKY is Visiting Scholar in Intellectual Property Law at New York Law School.

• PREFACE. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. CHAPTER 1: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: AN OVERVIEW (Patrick A. Gaughan, Ph.D., College of Business, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Economatrix Research Associates, Inc.). CHAPTER 2: THE ROLE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Robert Boyden Lamb, New York University, Stern Graduate School of Business). CHAPTER 3: INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ACCOMPANYING MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Gordon V. Smith, AUS Consultants). CHAPTER 4: VALUATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSETS IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Michael J. Lasinski, INTECAP, Inc.). CHAPTER 5: ACCOUNTING FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DURING MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Andrew W. Carter, INTECAP, Inc.). CHAPTER 6: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASPECTS OF ACQUISITIONS (Glenn A. Gundersen, Dechert). CHAPTER 7: U.S. ANTITRUST AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Thomas G. Jackson, Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon, LLP). CHAPTER 8: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY DUE DILIGENCE IN BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS (Sheldon Burshtein, Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP). CHAPTER 9: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, DUE DILIGENCE, AND SECURITY INTEREST ISSUES IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Melvin Simensky, Visiting Scholar in Intellectual Property Law, New York Law School;William M. Heberer, Hall Dickler Kent Goldstein & Wood, LLP). CHAPTER 10: PATENT OPINIONS (David A. Loewenstein, Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, LLP). CHAPTER 11: INTERNATIONAL MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: THE CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE (Francois Painchaud, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, Panagiota Koutsogiannis, Christian Danis, and Matie-Eve Cote, Leger Robic Richard). CHAPTER 12: INTERNATIONAL MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE (Benedict Bird, Anna Carboni, and Deborah Lincoln, Linklaters & Alliance). CHAPTER 13: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRANSFERS TO HOLDING COMPANIES (Susan Barbier Montgomery and Leonard Schneidman, Foley Hoag & Eliot, LLP). CHAPTER 14: OFFSHORE CORPORATIONS (Tira Greene, Consultant, Anguilla;Michael J. Ward, Counsel Limited, Anguilla). CHAPTER 15: ACQUISITION AND LICENSING OF FAMOUS NAME TRADEMARKS AND RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY IN THE UNITED STATES (Theodore C. Max, Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon, LLP). CHAPTER 16: TRANSFER OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY UPON MERGER OR ACQUISITION (Lanning G. Bryer and Scott J. Lebson, Ladas & Parry). INDEX.

LANNING BRYER is a partner in charge of mergers, acquisitions, and licensing at Ladas & Parry in New York City.MELVIN SIMENSKY is Visiting Scholar in Intellectual Property Law at New York Law School.

• PREFACE. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. CHAPTER 1: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: AN OVERVIEW (Patrick A. Gaughan, Ph.D., College of Business, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Economatrix Research Associates, Inc.). CHAPTER 2: THE ROLE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Robert Boyden Lamb, New York University, Stern Graduate School of Business). CHAPTER 3: INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ACCOMPANYING MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Gordon V. Smith, AUS Consultants). CHAPTER 4: VALUATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSETS IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Michael J. Lasinski, INTECAP, Inc.). CHAPTER 5: ACCOUNTING FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DURING MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Andrew W. Carter, INTECAP, Inc.). CHAPTER 6: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASPECTS OF ACQUISITIONS (Glenn A. Gundersen, Dechert). CHAPTER 7: U.S. ANTITRUST AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Thomas G. Jackson, Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon, LLP). CHAPTER 8: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY DUE DILIGENCE IN BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS (Sheldon Burshtein, Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP). CHAPTER 9: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, DUE DILIGENCE, AND SECURITY INTEREST ISSUES IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Melvin Simensky, Visiting Scholar in Intellectual Property Law, New York Law School;William M. Heberer, Hall Dickler Kent Goldstein & Wood, LLP). CHAPTER 10: PATENT OPINIONS (David A. Loewenstein, Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, LLP). CHAPTER 11: INTERNATIONAL MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: THE CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE (Francois Painchaud, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, Panagiota Koutsogiannis, Christian Danis, and Matie-Eve Cote, Leger Robic Richard). CHAPTER 12: INTERNATIONAL MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE (Benedict Bird, Anna Carboni, and Deborah Lincoln, Linklaters & Alliance). CHAPTER 13: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRANSFERS TO HOLDING COMPANIES (Susan Barbier Montgomery and Leonard Schneidman, Foley Hoag & Eliot, LLP). CHAPTER 14: OFFSHORE CORPORATIONS (Tira Greene, Consultant, Anguilla;Michael J. Ward, Counsel Limited, Anguilla). CHAPTER 15: ACQUISITION AND LICENSING OF FAMOUS NAME TRADEMARKS AND RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY IN THE UNITED STATES (Theodore C. Max, Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon, LLP). CHAPTER 16: TRANSFER OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY UPON MERGER OR ACQUISITION (Lanning G. Bryer and Scott J. Lebson, Ladas & Parry). INDEX.

LANNING BRYER is a partner in charge of mergers, acquisitions, and licensing at Ladas & Parry in New York City.MELVIN SIMENSKY is Visiting Scholar in Intellectual Property Law at New York Law School.

• PREFACE. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. CHAPTER 1: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: AN OVERVIEW (Patrick A. Gaughan, Ph.D., College of Business, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Economatrix Research Associates, Inc.). CHAPTER 2: THE ROLE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Robert Boyden Lamb, New York University, Stern Graduate School of Business). CHAPTER 3: INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ACCOMPANYING MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Gordon V. Smith, AUS Consultants). CHAPTER 4: VALUATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSETS IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Michael J. Lasinski, INTECAP, Inc.). CHAPTER 5: ACCOUNTING FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DURING MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Andrew W. Carter, INTECAP, Inc.). CHAPTER 6: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASPECTS OF ACQUISITIONS (Glenn A. Gundersen, Dechert). CHAPTER 7: U.S. ANTITRUST AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Thomas G. Jackson, Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon, LLP). CHAPTER 8: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY DUE DILIGENCE IN BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS (Sheldon Burshtein, Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP). CHAPTER 9: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, DUE DILIGENCE, AND SECURITY INTEREST ISSUES IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (Melvin Simensky, Visiting Scholar in Intellectual Property Law, New York Law School;William M. Heberer, Hall Dickler Kent Goldstein & Wood, LLP). CHAPTER 10: PATENT OPINIONS (David A. Loewenstein, Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, LLP). CHAPTER 11: INTERNATIONAL MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: THE CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE (Francois Painchaud, Louis-Pierre Gravelle, Panagiota Koutsogiannis, Christian Danis, and Matie-Eve Cote, Leger Robic Richard). CHAPTER 12: INTERNATIONAL MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE (Benedict Bird, Anna Carboni, and Deborah Lincoln, Linklaters & Alliance). CHAPTER 13: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRANSFERS TO HOLDING COMPANIES (Susan Barbier Montgomery and Leonard Schneidman, Foley Hoag & Eliot, LLP). CHAPTER 14: OFFSHORE CORPORATIONS (Tira Greene, Consultant, Anguilla;Michael J. Ward, Counsel Limited, Anguilla). CHAPTER 15: ACQUISITION AND LICENSING OF FAMOUS NAME TRADEMARKS AND RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY IN THE UNITED STATES (Theodore C. Max, Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon, LLP). CHAPTER 16: TRANSFER OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY UPON MERGER OR ACQUISITION (Lanning G. Bryer and Scott J. Lebson, Ladas & Parry). INDEX.