The purpose of the company is the acquisition, exploitation, management and sale of patents, licenses and similar rights, the provision of commission and brokerage services in the field of intellectual property rights, as well as the provision of all related services and mandates. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, take over representations and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that may be suitable to promote the purpose of the company directly or indirectly. It may grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent companies and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and provide security of any kind for liabilities of such other companies, including the granting of pledges or the fiduciary transfer of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not.