The IP Ecosystem
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The IP Ecosystem September 2011 © 2011 Exponent IP Limited. All rights reserved.
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The IP Ecosystem September 2011
© 2011 Exponent IP Limited. All rights reserved.
Is what, exactly ..?
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• As IP has become more of a “liquid” asset, a wide variety of services providers have grown up to advise and support the realisation of the assets into cash
• The ecosystem now offers a plethora of opportunities (distinct from the traditional “invention-protection-production” route) to generate a return on the investment made in IP
• The diagram …
IP Generators:
Universities
R&D Labs
Companies
SMEs
Inventors
Patent Licensing & Enforcement
IP Aggregators/Funds/ Alliances
IP Development Companies
Licensing Agents IP Investment Funds
(litigation)
Filing and Renewals
IP Advisors & Consultants
IP Auctions & IP Online Exchanges
IP Finance (IP-backed Securitisation & Spin-Out) IP Info Services &
Analytics IP Brokers
IP Law Firms University Commercialisation
Services
IP Publications & Blogs/Websites
IP Conferences & Training
IP Utilisers:
Government
Companies
SMEs
New Ventures
IP Accounting Firms
Reverse Engineering Firms
IP Enforcement Insurance
Profits/Re-investment Capital
IP Productisation?
Successful products/ Lines of Business
Abandonment
Anti-utilisation Lost assets/misuse
Yes
No
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