The lack of coordination and/or uniformity between the intellectual property and secured transactions mechanisms are clear impediments in the use of intellectual property as collateral. Even if the systems could begin to unify the approach and philosophical view of the status of intellectual...

Until recently, commercial lending was a resource only for companies that had significant tangible assets and historic accounts receivable. Borrowers traditionally pledged tangible assets and accounts receivable to secure bank loans, and intellectual property was a mere afterthought in the...

Back in 1970, when Ulrich Drobnig first published his seminal UNCITRAL Report, it would have been hard to imagine that a day would come when the topic of harmonisation of secured transactions would produce such a plethora of well-authored books and journal articles. Without a doubt, the Akseli...