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"Contents: Chapter 1: Mergers and acquisitions: an overview / Patrick A. Gaughan -- Chapter 2: The role of intellectual property and intangible assets in mergers and acquisitions / Robert Boyden Lamb -- Chapter 3: Intangible assets and intellectual property accompanying mergers and acquisitions / Gordon V. Smith -- Chapter 4: Valuation of intellectual property assets in mergers and acquisitions / Michael J. Lasinski -- Chapter 5: Accounting for intellectual property during mergers and acquisitions / Andrew W. Carter -- Chapter 6: Intellectual property aspects of acquisitions / Glenn A. Gundersen -- Chapter 7: U.S. Antitrust and intellectual property in mergers and acquisitions / Thomas G. Jackson -- Chapter 8: Intellectual property and technology due diligence in business transactions / Sheldon Burshtein -- Chapter 9: Intellectual property, due diligence and security interest issues in mergers and acquisitions / Melvin Simensky -- Chapter 10: Patent opinions / David A. Loewenstein -- Chapter 11: International mergers and acquisitions: the canadian perspective / Francois Painchaud, Louis-Pierre Gravelle -- Chapter 12: International mergers and acquisitions: the European perspective / Benedict Bird, Anna Carboni and Deborah Lincoln -- Chapter 13: Intellectual property transfers-holding companies / Susan Barbieri Montgomery and Leonard Schneidman -- Chapter 14: Offshore corporations / Tira Greene -- Chapter 15: Acquisition and licensing of famous name trademarks and rights of publicity in the United States / Theodore C. Max -- Chapter 16: Transfer of intellectual property upon merger or acquisition / Lanning G. Bryer and Scott J. Lebson."