US: Business restructuring and the role of intellectual property

January 03 2012

In today’s increasingly global business climate, intellectual property (IP) has become a major driver in corporate profits, both from an innovation point of view as well as from a global branding perspective. David Cordova, Arin Mitra, Andrew Newman, Keith Reams, Larry Shanda, and Alan Shapiro of Deloitte explain how taxpayers can navigate new obstacles in IP planning

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