I’m a first year doing IP due diligence and I’m finding that it’s a great learning opportunity on what *not* to do for contracts/contracting processes.

Has anyone else found this to be true? What are your takeaways?

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My takeaway is diligence sucks.

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I think diligence is a great way to see how a company operates. Granted, it sucks, but you’ll basically be force fed everything there is to know about a company.

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