Questions raised on the new UK patent box

September 30 2011

Wendy Nicholls and Paul Smith of Grant Thornton UK welcome the new patent box proposals but believe the take-up may be limited because of the restriction to patents (rather than other intellectual property too), the highly complicated calculation of patent box profits, and potentially more favourable regimes within Europe.

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