The company's purpose is to develop, acquire, hold and manage as well as sell patent, trademark, copyright, design and all other intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad, their exploitation, the granting of licenses and the provision of related consulting and other services. The company may provide services for other companies (in particular affiliated companies) in Switzerland and abroad, grant guarantees and securities of all kinds, and provide guarantees for group companies or third parties, establish branches and subsidiaries, participate in other companies, take over representations, acquire, sell, encumber and manage real estate, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that may be suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related to it. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as guarantees and guarantees for subsidiaries and third parties. It may acquire and exploit industrial property rights, intellectual property rights and know-how.