WIPO Held IP Financing Information Meeting in March

March 5, 2009

WIPO held an Information Meeting on IP financing at its Geneva headquarters on March 10.

The ability to use IP assets – copyright, patents, trademarks, and designs – as collateral, particularly for small to medium sized companies which depend on know-how and IP assets to bolster company value, is of growing importance.

The meeting was aimed at raising awareness within the intellectual property community, including creators and right holders, as well as the wider financial services community, of the opportunities and challenges of IP financing. It l examined current practices in different countries and different industries, including the copyright, patent, and trademark areas. The meeting highlighted the ways in which improvements in law and financing practices may assist right holders in maximizing the value of their IP assets.