Creating and protecting the business -- Organizing and financing an intellectual property based startup company -- Trade secrets -- Employment issues -- Licensing in business organizations -- Intellectual property assets and the termination of a business -- Intellectual property issues in mergers and acquisitions -- Intellectual property due dildigence and disclosures in public sales of stock -- Advanced techniques for maximizing intellectual property value in mature companeis -- Advanced techniques for minimizing risks of intellectual property infringment in mature companies -- The antitrust perils of a dominant intellectual property position -- Acquiring and using intellectual property in university and governmental contexts -- Intellectual property influences on resource allocations : four case studies.