The company's purpose is to provide consulting services in the field of intellectual and industrial property, including for example invention patents, industrial designs, trademarks and copyrights, as well as the management of all related procedures, including the perfection of deposits and the issuance of the same, as well as their administrative management and defense, including corporate consulting of a technical-legal nature with particular reference to the aforementioned sectors, as well as the provision of translation services. The company may also acquire and sell, distribute, manage, receive and grant the use of projects, technologies, know-how, patents, trademarks, licenses and intellectual property rights in the sectors related to the company's purpose. The company may directly or indirectly acquire interests and participations in other companies or industrial, commercial, financial and service companies in Switzerland or abroad, in the sector related to the company's purpose, and open branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad in the sector related to the company's purpose. The company may also provide guarantees, sureties and any other guarantee, excluding banking and insurance activities. The company may also acquire, enhance, encumber, manage, administer and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, as well as participate in real estate companies and enterprises with headquarters in Switzerland or abroad and/or with activities in Switzerland or abroad, in compliance with the applicable regulations, but in Switzerland limited only to operations that are not subject to the Federal Law on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LAFE). Finally, the company may carry out all commercial, industrial and financial operations or of any other kind deemed necessary or useful, functionally connected with the company's purpose or aimed at achieving it.