The intellectual property holding company : tax use and abuse from Victoria's Secret to Apple / Jeffrey A. Maine (University of Maine School of Law), Xuan-Thao Nguyen (Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law)

Publisher's description: Many companies that have become household names have avoided billions in taxes by 'parking' their valuable intellectual property assets in holding companies located in tax-favored jurisdictions. In the United States, for example, many domestic companies have m...

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Main Authors: Maine, Jeffrey A. (Author), Nguyen, Xuan-Thao N. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Series:Cambridge intellectual property and information law.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Delaware gift to corporations
  • The domestic IP holding company's structure and phantom
  • The scrutiny from the States
  • Domestic tax havens : exploring solutions
  • Key incentives to create foreign IP holding companies
  • International structures used by Apple and other multinational companies
  • Government barriers to intellectual property income shifting and their (in)effectiveness
  • Foreign tax havens : exploring solutions to intellectual property income shifting offshore
  • Final thoughts on IP holding companies and corporate social responsibility.