Authored by David R. Jarczyk, this comment seeks to provide answers to the OECD for the stated issues:

    1. Who owns the intellectual property and who is granted the right to use the intellectual property?
    2. What form is the intellectual property (e.g., patents, trademarks, trade secrets)?
    3. When can the intellectual property be used and when does any afforded protection expire?
    4. Where is the intellectual property owned, maintained, utilized, exploited, and shared?
    5. How is this intellectual property protected, commercialized, and enforced?
    6. Who is the beneficiary of the exploited intellectual property (e.g., persons, entities,
    7. governments)?

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