Jorge M. Torres

Silas Capital

February 15, 2012

ABOUT ME

• Undergraduate work in Biophysics and Biochemistry

• IP Attorney since 2002 – Clerkship at Federal Circuit

• Currently, principal investing at Silas Capital

• Member, Kauffman Fellows Program

IP MEGATRENDS

Fragmented IP Rights

• Patent Aggregation

• Litigation management & avoidance

Big Data

• Analytics and business intelligence

• Predictive modeling

Convergence of IP & Finance

• Risk transfer (insurance)

• Exchange traded securities

COMPLEXITY & COMPONENTIZATION

250,000

Patented

Inventions

Inside

Source: www.ambercite.com

Highly Fragmented IP Ownership

Complexity & Componentized Design

Fragmented Patent Rights

Litigation

LITIGATION

WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

• We should innovate.

• We should support innovators.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

NPES ARE INNOVATING

Source: Coller Capital

ENTREPRENEURSHIP WHITE SPACE

WHERE IS MORE ENTREPRENEURSHIP

NEEDED?

ENTREPRENEURSHIP WHITE SPACE

WHERE IS MORE ENTREPRENEURSHIP

NEEDED?

• Torres, J.M., “Intellectual property and

venture capital,” Intellectual Asset

Management, 50: 16-20.

• Torres, J.M., “IP and VC: A framework for

funding disruption of the intellectual

property markets,” Kauffman Fellows Report

(forthcoming).

• Nonbillables Blog: www.nonbillabl.es

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THANK YOU