What is the state of intellectual property when the owner goes bankrupt?
<p>A company makes a great game called "AwesomeGame" that costs 20€.</p>

<p>They sell thousands of copies of the game, but ultimately go bankrupt.</p>

<p>What is the status of the game at that point?  Do any intellection-property rights or protections of it still exist?</p>

<p>A bankrupt company's assets are transferred to its creditors.  This includes intangible assets such as trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property.</p>

<p>Whoever ends up with the rights to the game can continue to market and distribute it, or use legal means to prevent others from doing so.</p>

<p>My understanding (IANAL, but was told some of this by a lawyer) is that (at least in England) unclaimed assets after a liquidation vest in the state as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bona_vacantia" rel="nofollow">bona vacantia</a> and intellectual property that the liquidator can't sell (not unusual) is included in this. </p>

<p>I see the UK government now has a department that deals with this and will consider offers for such property: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/buy-intellectual-property-bvc8" rel="nofollow">https://www.gov.uk/buy-intellectual-property-bvc8</a></p>

<p>No idea if France takes a similar approach.</p>

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