By Steve Scherer ( June 25, 2026, 21:15 GMT | Comment) -- As corporate value in the United States has become increasingly tied to intellectual property rather than physical assets, lenders are looking beyond traditional forms of collateral to finance companies against patents, data, trade secrets and other intangible assets.The factories, machinery and real estate that once anchored corporate borrowing are increasingly giving way to a different form of collateral: patents, trademarks, copyrights, proprietary databases and trade secrets....
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