Intellectual property often makes up a significant portion of collateral in lending transactions. When a borrower pledges intellectual property, the lender must be the first to "perfect" its security interest to establish priority over other creditors — but perfection rules differ depending on the type of IP involved. In this article for the Nebraska CPA, Koley Jessen attorneys Kayla Helgoth and Roberta Christensen walk through how creditors and debtors perfect security interests in patents, trademarks, copyrights, domain names, and AI-generated works under U.S. and Nebraska law. Read the full article at the link below. 

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