Developing, bringing to market maturity products and business models as well as distributing and marketing already developed products and business models; providing legal services and other services of all kinds as well as trading in goods of all kinds; acquiring or managing participations in Swiss or foreign companies of all kinds; acquiring, managing and transferring patents, trademarks and technical and industrial know-how; acquiring, managing and disposing of real estate; participations; carrying out financings as well as entering into guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.