ROYALTY COMPANIES

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & ROYALTY COMPANIES

Intellectual property can be owned by an offshore company. Examples are

IT software, technology rights, music, literature, patents, trademarks, and copyrights. The offshore company can then licence or franchise the intellectual property rights to various companies or individuals around the world, interested in exploiting those rights. The resulting profits can accumulate tax free in the offshore company. Often, the rights are held by a trust for asset protection purposes, with the trust licensing the offshore company to exploit the rights.