Kilpatrick Townsend senior counsel Chris Bussert recently presented in a workshop with Jeremy Liebman, franchise counsel at Krispy Kreme Donut Corporation, and Jason Adler, general counsel at Cellairis Franchise, Inc., at the ABA Annual Forum on Franchising in Denver, Colorado. The title of the workshop was Trademark Clearance and Investigation Considerations Before Expansion Through a New or Existing Concept and the speakers discussed important, but frequently underdressed, intellectual property issues that can arise during transactional due diligence and steps franchisors or franchisees, who are looking to grow through acquisition, can take to minimize any issues that are identified.