Has the state's tax burden on homeowners become great enough to start looking at taxing "intangible" property as well? As state budget shortfalls loom and spending on schools has been cut, a number of ...

Learn about incorporeal rights, including types and legal aspects of intangible property like copyrights and easements, and how these rights impact property ownership.

IP, on the other hand, is a special category of intangible asset. IP is created by human intellectual or inspirational activity, and includes patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, trade ...

The estate of Michael Jackson recently won a major victory against the Internal Revenue Service in a valuation dispute where the Estate and the IRS’s valuations of three intangible assets, including ...

The IRS on Tuesday issued proposed regulations that would in certain cases terminate the continued application of Sec. 367(d) when intangible property is repatriated to certain U.S. persons after ...

While a claim of conversion has grown to extend beyond tangible property to keep up with computerized use, courts are still grappling with how far to extend the tort. In their Commercial Division ...

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a notice to provide guidance to multinational companies on the thorny question of transferring intangible property such as patents from a domestic corporation ...

Tangible property refers to real property such as real estate or physical goods. Intangible property, such as intellectual property, is a different form of property ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marie Sapirie writes about federal tax issues and litigation. The long-absent definition of real property for like-kind exchanges ...