Buzz Archive:
A Summary of Established & Emerging IP Business Models

by Raymond Millien PCT Capital LLC and Ron Laurie Inflexion Point Strategy LLC, 9/2/2008

The last couple of years has brought about rapid and dramatic changes in patent law. The impetus for this change has come not only from the usual sources - the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, but also as a result of an unprecedented combination of increasing attention on patent cases by the U.S. Supreme Court and patent reform debate in Congress. Against the backdrop of this new patent environment, Raymond Millien PCT Capital LLC and Ron Laurie Inflexion Point Strategy LLC discuss the various existing and emerging business models within the evolving intellectual property (IP) marketplace. Question--there are thirteen current business models to monetize IP--guess how many are emerging?