7740

Operating Lease without Option Rights for Intellectual Property, Excluding Copyright Works

This subgroup includes activities that allow others to use non-financial assets where royalty payments or licensing fees are paid to the asset holder. The use of these assets can take various forms, such as reproduction rights, usage in processes or production, operating a business under a franchise system, and more. The asset owner may or may not have created these assets. It covers: - Operational leasing without option rights for intangible intellectual property (excluding copyright works such as books or software). - Receipt of royalties or licensing fees for the use of items like patented entities, trademarks and service marks, brand names, mineral exploration rights, franchise agreements, and other intangible intellectual property. This subgroup does not include: - Receipt of income from copyright and publishing rights for books and software, films, and music, see main divisions 58, 59. - Production, reproduction, and distribution of copyright works (books, software, films), see main divisions 58, 59. - Real estate leasing activities, see 681. - Leasing of tangible assets (goods), see groups 771, 772, 773. - Rental of video tapes and disks, see 7722. - Rental of books, see 7729.