This class includes the activities of allowing others to use of intellectual property products and similar products for which a royalty payment or licensing fee is paid to the owner of the product (i.e. the asset holder). The leasing of these product can take various forms, such as permission for reproduction, use in subsequent processes or products, operating businesses under a franchise etc. The current owners may or may not have created these products.

This class includes :

Leasing of intellectual property products (except copyrighted works, such as books or software)

Receiving royalties or licensing fee for the use of :

patented entities

trademarks or service marks

brand names

mineral exploration and evaluation

franchise agreements

This class excludes :

Acquisition of rights and publishing, see divisions 58, 59;

Producing, reproducing and distributing copyrighted works (books, software, film), see division 58, 59;

Leasing of real estate, see group 681;

Leasing of tangible products (assets), see groups 771, 772, 773;

Renting of video tapes and disks, see 7722;

Renting of books, see 7729.