Intellectual Property (IP) is one of the key factors which contributes to an organisation’s success in a knowledge-based economy. With an expansion of trade, transfer pricing in IP business has become an emerging issue for companies that want to exploit and leverage on this tool.
Transfer pricing is a common term used to describe all aspects of inter-company pricing arrangements between related business entities, including the transfers of IP. This 2-day seminar intends to give a practical insight into transfer pricing from a business perspective. The major emphasis of the first day will be placed on the relevance of transfer pricing in IP exploitation, different business motives and options for transfer pricing as well as valuation of IP for transfer pricing and tax purposes. The second day is focused on strategic IP business with different IP-based business models relying on IP transfer and external exploitation. This shall enable the understanding of the broader business context of transfer pricing in the value chain of companies and possibilities to turn IP into money. The seminar will be conducted by speakers who are experts in IP management and transfer pricing and have extensive experience in consulting major companies.