Established & Emerging IP Business Models
Peter Zura's 271 Patent Blog has an interesting post here describing a number of established IP businesses and new business models that have emerged in recent years to provide a broad range of specialized services and products to protect valuable intellectual property.
"It has become increasingly clear over the last couple of years that the "old economy" model for monetizing and managing IP assets has matured into a more robust model. Since the early 90's, only a select group of large patent holders controlled the majority of IP rights, leaving smaller players with little recourse in establishing and protecting innovative IP rights," Zura says. In his post, patent attorney Peter Zura points to a White Paper, A Summary of Established & Emerging Business Models in IP, presented by Raymond Millien and Ron Laurie at the Eighth Annual Sedona Conference on Patent Litigation. In that report, the authors list:
- Patent Licensing and Enforcement Companies,
- Institutional Patent Aggregators/IP Acquisition Funds,
- IP/Technology Development Companies,
- Licensing Agents,
- Litigation Finance/Investment Firms,
- Patent Brokers,
- IP-Based M&A Advisory,
- IP Auction Houses,
- On-Line IP/Technology Exchanges/Clearinghouses,
- IP-Backed Financiers,
- Royalty Stream Securitization Firms, and
- Patent Rating Software and Services.
As the authors conclude, these established and emerging business models in IP appear to be here to stay.
In fact, new players implementing the IP business models described herein will come into existence. And, new IP business models will also come into existence. Why? Quite simply, the business of IP (i.e., IP marketplace) itself is not immune to innovation!
To read/download the pdf ("A Summary of Established & Emerging IP Business Models"), click here (courtesy of Patent Troll Tracker)
