Idoes not have to be this way. With the proper planning and attention to detail, mistakes can be avoided. Here are three areas of weakness that we have seen cause deals to crash ... and strategies on how to avoid this.Business owners have been surprised to find out that employees, former employees or vendors actually control or own certain intellectual property that they "assumed" belonged to the company. You don't want a buyer to be interested in your company based on certain IP, and then find out you don't really own it.There are steps to protect your IP and assure potential buyers that you have control on patents, copyrights, trademarks, licenses, etc., but it is not unusual for others to stake a claim to what you believe is proprietary and protected property.Here is an example of what can happen and how to be proactive and avoid a situation like this.
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