tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post1961346096325752280..comments2024-03-29T13:59:42.629+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Can you feel the pulse, can you hear the heartbeat?Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-82155725652005187552011-10-21T01:43:56.264+01:002011-10-21T01:43:56.264+01:00Reading the blog post gave me such a frisson about...Reading the blog post gave me such a frisson about due diligence I wish I lived in the UK and could attend --Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-31624477834127311142011-10-19T13:53:16.917+01:002011-10-19T13:53:16.917+01:00I have a further reason for disliking the term &qu...I have a further reason for disliking the term "due diligence". It is in fact a rather lazy metonymy, where the standard to which an activity is to be performed ("with due diligence") comes to stand for the activity itself. The result is that there is no precision about what the actual activity is, and it can, as the Kat correctly notes, be a number of things - looking at your own IP portfolio (for a number of different reasons, each of which will imply a different emphasis); looking at someone elses (again, for a number of reasons - acquisition, freedom to operate...???). Let's come up with some proper and accurate terminology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-70718389111101704422011-10-19T08:38:45.186+01:002011-10-19T08:38:45.186+01:00In the good old days, we called them pre-contract ...In the good old days, we called them pre-contract enquiries. Conveyancers still do. None of that Roman law terminology please. Due diligence, pshaw!Mr Pettifoghttp://ipdraughts.wordpress.com/author/andlaw/noreply@blogger.com