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# **IP Due Diligence: What Every Deal Team Must Know in 2026**

IP is often the most valuable, and most misunderstood, asset in any transaction. This e-book walks through a structured 10-step framework for evaluating patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and licensing agreements before deals close, and explains where AI is helping deal teams do it faster and with greater confidence.

## **What You Will Learn:**

**Why IP Due Diligence Decides Deal Outcomes**  
 How ownership gaps, hidden liabilities, and licensing restrictions can reduce deal value or collapse transactions entirely — and why catching them early changes everything 

**The Five IP Asset Classes You Must Review**  
 A practical breakdown of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and digital assets — what each covers, what can go wrong, and how each is evaluated differently 

 

**The 10-Step IP Due Diligence Checklist**  
 A structured framework covering patent prosecution, trademark status, copyright ownership, trade secret hygiene, licensing terms, litigation history, regulatory compliance, and more

**Eight Red Flags That Change Deal Dynamics**  
 The most common IP risks that surface in due diligence like missing assignments and expired rights to open-source violations and undisclosed third-party claims 

 

**How AI Is Accelerating the Due Diligence Process**  
 How AI-powered patent portfolio analysis, landscape analysis, predictive risk assessment, and contract review are making due diligence faster, more scalable, and more consistent

**How to Use AI Without Replacing Expert Judgment**  
 Where AI adds real value in IP review, where human legal and technical expertise remains critical, and how to combine both for defensible, deal-ready analysis 

## **Who Should Download This Guide?**

- M&A attorneys and deal counsel managing IP-heavy transactions
- In-house IP teams preparing for acquisitions, investments, or licensing deals
- Corporate development and strategy leaders evaluating technology assets
- Venture capital and private equity professionals assessing portfolio IP
- IP portfolio managers looking to strengthen internal due diligence processes

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## **Why Now?**

IP due diligence has become more complex, not less. Portfolios now span multiple jurisdictions, AI-generated assets, open-source dependencies, and cross-border licensing arrangements that did not exist a decade ago.

At the same time, the cost of getting it wrong has risen. A missed assignment, an undisclosed license restriction, or an open-source compliance gap can surface after closing and unwind months of deal work.

This guide gives deal teams and IP professionals a clear, step-by-step framework for conducting thorough IP due diligence. It covers every asset class, every common risk, and where AI tools are genuinely changing what is possible.

 

## **Get An Exclusive Copy Today!**

**Learn how to protect deal value** through rigorous IP due diligence. 

Download the e-book to understand how to identify ownership gaps, assess portfolio strength, integrate AI in your workflow, and approach IP review with the depth modern transactions require.

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