North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2012

• 53 - Real estate and rental and leasing
• 533 - Lessors of non-financial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)
• 5331 - Lessors of non-financial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)
• 53311 - Lessors of non-financial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)

533110 - Lessors of non-financial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in holding non-financial intangible assets such as patents, trademarks, brand names, and/or franchise agreements, and allowing others to use or reproduce those assets for a fee.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • brand-name owners
  • franchises, selling or licensing
  • intellectual property holders (except copyright)
  • inventors, self-employed
  • oil royalty holders
  • patent buying and licensing
  • patent holders
  • trademark lessors

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • reproduction and/or distribution of copyrighted works such as newspapers, periodicals, books, databases, software and multimedia products, film and videos, and musical works (see 51 Information and cultural industries, or 71, Arts, entertainment and recreation)
  • leasing real property (See 5311 Lessors of real estate)
  • leasing equipment and goods (See 532 Rental and leasing services)