© By Constance R. Barnhart, Attorney At Law
Barnhart Law PLC
International Business Transactions:
- Opportunities In Sweden & Norway For U.S. Strategic Buyers: Part II – Norway Published in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, June 2007. Read more …
- Opportunities In Sweden & Norway For U.S. Strategic Buyers: Part I – Sweden Published in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, May 2007. View PDF Version of this Article The international business world is shrinking and converging. But, trends still differ across borders, and out of the differences come opportunities. On a recent business trip, I discussed the subject of this article with partners at seven major law firms in Stockholm and ...
Corporate Law Matters:
- Articles/ Outlines – Corporate Law Matters More Articles & Outlines will be posted soon
Commercial Law Matters:
- Outline Of Some Issues And Typical Terms In International Agency Or Distribution Agreements I. Preliminary Issues A. Agency or Distributorship Relationship Appropriate? 1. Consider other possible forms of doing business abroad: Deal by Deal Direct Sales to End Customers, Joint Venture, Licensing, Acquisition of a Foreign Company, Establish a Foreign Branch or Subsidiary. Read More »
Mergers & Acquisitions:
- Acquiring a Business in the U.S.: 10 Ways Attention to the “Legal Terms” Can Enhance the Economic Value of Your Deal Pointers from the perspective of the Scandinavian, European or other Non-U.S. Buyer, also applicable to U.S. Buyers View and print this Article as a PDF Document As tentative news of incipient financial recovery begins to unthaw stock markets and credit markets, there are reports of increasing interest in IPO’s in Europe and India and we see ...
- Acquiring a Busines in the U.S. (PowerPoint Presentation) This PowerPoint Presentation on Acquiring a Business in the U.S., updated in 2009, accompanied lectures delivered by Constance R. Barnhart at law firm seminars in Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo Norway. » View Presentation
Intellectual Property, Licensing, Technology & Internet Matters:
- New America Invents Act, the Most Comprehensive Patent Reform Act in 175 Years On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed into law the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (the “Act”), which the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) termed “the most comprehensive overhaul to our nation’s patent system since 1836.” The Act (H.R. 1249), co-sponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), was passed by the U.S. ...
- International Intellectual Property Licensing: Basic Introduction & Checklist A. General – Overview & Introduction to Intellectual Property Licensing Across International Borders 1. Next Step to Expand International Operations? Licensing of patent rights, trade secrets, know how, copyrighted software or other technology, and trademark rights (collectively referred to hereafter as “Technology”) to overseas party for exploitation (manufacture, use and sale) abroad is often a next step ...
- Outline: Introduction to Intellectual Property Protection I. Basics of Intellectual Property Protection in the U.S. A. Patents 1. U.S. Patents are granted upon application to United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”), for new, useful, and non-obvious inventions, determined to meet the statutory criteria, after examination, by U.S. PTO. A U.S. Patent grants to patent owner the exclusive right to practice his invention, to manufacture, use and ...
Renewable Energy:
- Incentives for Wind Energy Development in the U.S. Published in EnergyPulse, November, 2008 Updated March, 2009 View and print entire Article as a PDF document AUTHORS UPDATE MARCH 8, 2009: As described in the following article, the federal Renewable Electricity Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy (Section 45 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) was previously set to expire on December 31, ...
Corporate Finance:
More articles and outlines will be posted soon.
