By Yasmine EDDAM
13 June 2025
In addition to traditional tangible assets, a company's economic value increasingly lies in its intangible assets. For creative and technological industries, the exploitation rights to a film or software often represent the bulk of their assets. Obtaining financing based on these assets requires security tools adapted to their intangible and complex nature. Pledging, a non-possessory security mechanism, offers solutions, but it comes in a number of very specific forms to meet the specific needs of each sector. Although these mechanisms are exceptional, they fall into a broader category, that of security interests in intangible property, the general principles of which are set out in the complete guide to pledging. This article focuses on two of these special pledges: pledges of cinematographic films and pledges of software exploitation rights. Pledging of exploitation rights: security adapted to complex intangible assets The financing of...
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