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This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses how to negotiate a limitation of liability clause in a consulting agreement to sufficiently protect your company's confidential information and intellectual property, under US law. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Intellectual Property Committee and Corporate and Securities Law Committee ACC Networks.* Initially published March 11, 2015; republished March 30, 2023.

This ACC Guide sponsored by Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP provides an overview of five specific aspects of brand protection and enhancement in the United States.

The Eversheds Sutherland European Dictionary of Selected Legal Terms has been specifically designed with US and UK corporate counsel in mind. It brings together in a handy pocket format a guide to more than 1000 legal and commercial expressions commonly encountered or used by US and UK corporate counsel in business and in litigation situations in Europe. By covering these terms in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish, it extends to the European markets which directly serve more than 300 million people.

This is a sample indemnification agreement, under which the seller of a product agrees to indemnify the purchaser against liability resulting from claims of patent infringement.

NFTs: How Do They Work? - Enforcing Smart Contracts

Open Source Software Policy

This article discuss steps that company directors should take to ensure their most valuable assets are afforded as much protection as possible from both a US as well as a European perspective.

This is a sample assignment of trademark where the Assignor is the owner of or has rights in certain trademarks, including all common law rights, and Assignor wishes to convey all of its right, title and interest in and to the Trademarks to Assignee.

This is a sample copyright assignment agreement. Initially published August 21, 2020, republished March 29, 2023.

This is a due diligence request list, in order to obtain IP-related information from a seller, in the context of an acquisition.