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Professor Nguyen's Book Receives Rave Review in 'Queen Mary Review of Intellectual Property'
08/21/2020
Professor Xuan-Thao Nguyen learned that her latest book, The Intellectual Property Holding Company, received an outstanding review in the journal, Queen Mary Review of Intellectual Property. The journal is part of the University of London’s Queen Mary School of Law.
The author, Professor Phillip Johnson of Cardiff University, called the book “a fascinating read which will be accessible to those with only a limited understanding of tax law. It is recommended to anyone interested in tax policy or simply how many household names have managed to pay so little tax.”
Professor Nguyen co-authored the book with Professor Jeffrey Maine of the University of Maine School of Law. It was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. Professors Nguyen and Maine presented a faculty book talk at IU McKinney about the work in Spring 2018. The book examines how many well-known companies have avoided paying billions of dollars in taxes by “parking” their valuable intellectual property assets in holding companies located in tax-favored jurisdictions.
Professor Nguyen holds the Gerald L. Bepko Chair in Law, and is the director of the IU McKinney Center for Intellectual Property Law and Innovation. She frequently travels to Vietnam and other countries to present her scholarship and to train government officials. She is an internationally recognized legal scholar, known for her expertise at the intersections of intellectual property, secured transactions, bankruptcy, licensing, and taxation. She was named a Fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers in March 2017.
