The Intellectual Property Deskbook is intended to serve as the business lawyer's starting point for issue identification, perspective, and resources in dealing with intellectual property issues and assets, whether in the context of structuring and consummating transactions or in the day-to-day counseling of clients. It is specifically designed to become the go-to reference for beginning the analysis, refreshing the memory, or seeking direction for in depth research on the wide range of IP-related issues.

This desk book presents a complete overview of the due diligence process and gives attorneys, legal assistants and allied professionals the tools they need to conduct more efficient investigation.

Can business activities and decisions be virtuous? This is the first business ethics textbook to take a virtue ethics approach. It explains how virtue ethics compares with alternative approaches to business ethics, such as utilitarianism and deontology, and argues that virtue ethics best serves the common good of society. Looking across the whole spectrum of business—including finance, governance, leadership, marketing and production—each chapter presents the theory of virtue ethics and supports students’ learning with chapter objectives, in-depth interviews with professionals and real-life case studies from a wide range of countries. Business Ethics: A Virtue Ethics and Common Good Approach is a valuable text for advanced undergraduates and masters-level students on business ethics courses.

Negotiating Business Transactions, Third Edition, by Daniel D. Bradlow and Jay Gary Finkelstein, is designed for simulated transactional negotiations courses in Transactional Law, Negotiations, and International Business Law. Negotiating Business Transactions: An Extended Simulation Course, Third Edition—targeted to upper-level courses in Transactional Law, Negotiations, and International Business Law—is designed for a unique, simulated transactional negotiations course involving two groups of students (in the same law school or different law schools) representing either a multinational corporation or an agricultural producer in negotiating a complex business transaction. With ample instructional materials and a simulation exercise that includes individual negotiating instructions for each party, this complete teaching package offers students the opportunity to “learn by doing” and to experience how to negotiate and structure a complicated business transaction. Students learn to strategize, negotiate, and draft, all within the context of a simulated business negotiation that brings the deal inside the classroom where its multiple aspects—legal, business, social, and political—can be studied. In addition to the substantive materials focused on the business and legal issues raised by the simulation exercise, authors Daniel D. Bradlow and Jay Gary Finkelstein address the ethical, social, and professional issues that can arise in transactional legal practice. New to the Third Edition: New Chapter 13 addressing transactional contract drafting issues New materials on the growing use of negotiations via computer platforms which enabled negotiations to continue during COVID restrictions and which will continue to impact and evolve for conducting negotiations even as COVID recedes Updates to content throughout the text Professors and students will benefit from: Complete simulation materials—facts and context, negotiating instructions, and background readings on all aspects of the transaction Balanced coverage of negotiation skills and substantive issues relevant to business transactions Opportunity for students to apply negotiation and business concepts in analyzing the transaction, preparing and strategizing for negotiation, and structuring legal relationships and documents to achieve client objectives Professional responsibility issues in the context of a negotiation Practical coverage: The real-time challenges of negotiating a business deal Where business and law intersect when negotiating a business deal How to structure a complex business deal How to use their knowledge of law to find solutions in business transactions Creative problem solving to achieve a mutually acceptable outcome How to work collaboratively to implement a strategy How to document a business transaction Introduction to the relevance of psychology in negotiation Introduction to financial aspects of a transaction Materials on Ethics and Negotiation Full sample transactional documents Meeting of all ABA requirements under ABA Standard 303 for experiential, practical skills class Online companion materials Teaching materials include: Teacher’s Manual, including simulation negotiating instructions Sample syllabus Alternative class formats Key issues Lecture outlines PowerPoint presentations

This insightful Research Handbook discusses how exclusive intellectual property rights can affect inclusivity within individual, community and business contexts. It employs urban and rural frameworks to provide a multidimensional view of contemporary inclusivity and its relationship with intellectual property.

Law of Cross-Border Business Transactions aims at giving a structured introduction to the law and practice of investment deals (e.g., greenfield projects, M&As and hybrid forms) and of non-investment transactions (e.g., trade, technology transfer and services). Cross-border business deals are nowadays routine matters for business entities all over the world and the related legal aspects are becoming more and more complex. This book provides extensive general background information. It also covers numerous specific issues of relevance in the context of cross-border projects. Substantive law issues, procedural aspects and skills-related considerations such as contract drafting, structuring options and cross-cultural lawyering techniques are included, adding up to an unusually comprehensive and useful guide in the field. What’s in this book: The author describes a wide spectrum of transaction types. He explains underlying principles from a conceptual and a comparative point of view with a focus on transactional issues, using case studies from a variety of jurisdictions to demonstrate the significance of particular aspects in the context of multi-jurisdictional legal practice. Among much else, topics include the following: international lawyering and cultural diversity; lex mercatoria; conflict of laws; letters of intent, position papers, heads of agreement, confidentiality and exclusivity agreements; structure and contents of international contracts; e-contracts and smart contracts; protection of intellectual property rights and technology transfer; trade, countertrade and trade financing; insurance; agency and distributorship; greenfield investments and M&As; competition law and merger control; employment law; corporate governance and corporate social responsibility; international taxation; and dispute settlement and cross-border enforcement of awards. This second edition updates the discussion of the different topics comprehensively. It also expands many parts and adds sections in relation to new themes that have gained importance since the publication of the first edition. In particular, it addresses legal issues arising out of the digitalization of the global economy with a special focus on choice-of-law questions, smart contracts, e-bills of lading and online dispute settlement. It also draws attention to the impact of China’s Belt and Road initiative, Brexit and the ‘America First’ foreign policy. How this will help you: Of special value is the author’s precise guidance on drafting techniques and contract practice. The clarity of the presentation, the uncompromising consistency in terms of structure and a large body of references to primary and secondary sources presented in this edition ensure that legal professionals, business managers and academics as well as other interested parties can gain easy access to comprehensive and detailed information across jurisdictions.

Due Diligence and the Business Transaction: Getting a Deal Done is a practical guide to due diligence for anyone buying or selling a privately held business or entering into a major agreement with another company. When you’re buying a business, it’s wise to conduct due diligence. That's the process of investigating and verifying the firm’s finances, labor record, exposure to environmental issues, store of intellectual property, hard assets, ownership structure, and much more. If you don’t, you may later stumble into serious, costly problems, or you may pay an inflated price for the business. This book not only shows you how to conduct such an examination and what to look for, but it will also help you uncover hidden issues that some sellers might not want you to know about. Conversely, this book shows smart business sellers how to conduct due diligence on their own firms to arrive at the right sales price, uncover issues that might scare off buyers or investors, solve lingering problems before a sale, and more. Done right, due diligence can help sellers ensure they sell the business for the best price and with the least risk. Due Diligence and the Business Transaction will help you understand when to conduct due diligence, whom to include, and how to spot the red flags that signal danger. In addition, you will learn: How to conduct due diligence when contemplating a joint venture, business loan, franchise opportunity, or manufacturing deal How to calibrate the correct scope and breadth of the due diligence investigation depending on your situation How the results of due diligence may and often will change the elements of the final deal How to draft due diligence documents so they protect your interests What successful deals look like Corporate attorney and due diligence expert Jeffrey W. Berkman interweaves critical action points, guidelines and procedural steps, case studies, and due diligence questionnaires, checklists, and documents. The veteran of many business deals, Berkman's advice will help you avoid business-crippling mistakes and make the best deal possible.

Focusing on private international business transactions, International Business Transactions: Problems, Cases, and Materials, Fifth Edition, covers the planning, structure, and implementation of these transactions in today’s global economy. New to the Fifth Edition: Extensive treatment of the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA), which replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), reflecting the fact that --- globally --- regional trade and investment agreements are becoming more important, especially in view of the crisis facing the World Trade Organization. Updated legal materials and problems Additional author-written text explaining key concepts Professors and students will benefit from: Compact but comprehensive coverage of the subject. This book covers both international business planning and international litigation. Thorough and comprehensive teacher’s manual helping professors without previous with varying degrees of background in the field to teach the course effectively Optional Additional stimulating problems with Teachers’ Guide to stimulates class discussion. Thorough coverage of the United Nations Convention on International Sales of Goods. Students will gain practical knowledge of the types of international business transactions. Students will learn how to handle international business litigation and arbitration. Students will learn how to handle international sales and investment transactions.