Securitise your IP rights in Asia
01 April 2009
Managing Intellectual Property
Businesses should not abandon IP securitisation because of the credit crisis. Instead, argues Stanley Lai, this financing method could make a comeback in Asia
The creation of debt traditionally drives commerce and investment, especially when there is a liquidity squeeze or financial blockage. At the moment, the financial crisis has halted economic generation. The challenge of this article is to put forward a case for the future of securitisation of intellectual property. This is a formidable and daring phrase, because securitisation has almost become a banned word, in the parlance of our times. But with the expected recovery, when markets and economies rebound, it is likely that IP-rich companies will turn to their IP rights, being creditworthy and intangible assets, as sources of capital and income....
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