Weekly IP Buzz for the Week Ending December 10, 2021

In this week's post, we look at some unique challenges involved in the sale of eCommerce businesses include valuation, IP asset ownership, and key employees.  

Selling an eCommerce Based Business

(This is Part 7 of a series covering core legal issues for eCommerce and Internet-based businesses.)

For a number of reasons, buying and selling a business presents many challenges, and each deal is unique.  That said, most transactions involve many of the same features and elements.

A lot can happen in a transaction, from the initial discussions through the final closing. It is important that while both buyers and sellers remain flexible, they also ensure the final deal accomplishes their key goals. Transactions involving knowledge-based businesses have additional nuances that must be addressed, to ensure both parties benefit from the transaction. This article discusses some of the special issues presented in these types of deals.

All business acquisitions involve challenges for both buyers and sellers, but deals involving eCommerce businesses have some unique issues due to the nature of their operations and assets.  Some unique challenges involved in the sale of eCommerce businesses include valuation, IP Asset ownership, and key employees.

Read the full article here.

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In addition to publishing Thriving Attorney, Darin M. Klemchuk is founder of Klemchuk LLP, a litigation, intellectual property, and transactional law firm located in Dallas, Texas. Click to read more about Darin Klemchuk's practice as an intellectual property lawyer. For more on the latest developments in IP law, see the blogs Ideate and IP Questions Answered.