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Practical Law’s latest Country Guide provides an overview of IP in Business Transactions in India and answers a plethora of questions on what types of intellectual property can be protected and the most appropriate protection that can be availed.

A guide to intellectual property law in India. The IP in business transactions Q&A gives an overview of maintaining an IP portfolio, exploiting an IP portfolio through assignment and licensing, taking security over IPRs, IP and M&A transactions, and the impact of IP on key areas such as competition law, employees and tax.

Responses contributed by Neeti Wilson, Vidisha Garg, Swati Sharma, Revanta Mathur, K Premchandar, Amita Arora and Aditya Gupta.

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