After termination or expiration, the company should require the manufacturer to provide extensive transition services to the company.

The licensing of the company’s trade secrets and other IP should be consistent with the company’s identification of its trade secrets and other IP and appropriately limited in scope.

While not always possible given local labor laws, to the extent possible, the company should require the manufacturer to adopt protocols to govern a termination of the manufacturer’s employees

The outsourced manufacturing agreement should require procedures that limit access to the company’s confidential information to specific

As we have discussed elsewhere, a trade secret audit or assessment is vital if a company is to protect itself during the outsourced manufacturing process.

Last time, I discussed outsourced manufacturing as well as the process and personnel. Now, I continue the discussion by exploring control over transactions and products as it relates to IP protection. Kidon IP,, outsourced manufacturing, Process, Products, Quality Control

After deciding on the basic corporate or contractual structure, the company should decide how best to strategically divide the manufacturing process.

Once the company selects a potential outsourced manufacturing partner, it should design a transaction structure that reinforces its commercial expectations and the manufacturer’s contractual obligations.

Perhaps the single most important part of outsourced manufacturing is to select a trustworthy partner.

David L. Cohen, David L. Cohen PC, Internal Controls, Kidon IP, outsourced manufacturing, Oversight, Responsibility, Risk Assessment, trade secrets