Intellectual property assets are, increasingly, becoming essential components of any business venture. Intellectual property assets can be commercialized for the benefit of your business.
A typical bricks and mortar business would typically own the following intellectual property assets:
- Trade name or device, used as a business indicator;
- Copyrights in brochures, promotional materials, photographs of merchandise;
- Licenses to retail or distribute merchandise or franchise rights to offer certain services; and
- Proprietary designs or inventions developed in-house or acquired from another business.
In some cases, such as F&B outlets, recipes may in fact be trade secrets protected by non-disclosure agreements.
Intellectual property assets must be adequately protected, in order for you to continue enjoying exclusive use of these assets or to commercialise them for monetary gain.
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