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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AS A FINANCIAL ASSET OMER HIZIROGLU © 2015 OMER HIZIROGLU, CLP General Partner TWITTER: @omerhizir
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What is this? Human-Machine Collaborative Robotic Systems. John Hopkins University
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So is this?
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Difference? Patent as a financial instrument vs. Financial services patents Challenge in financial service patents: Software Business methods
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Patent as an asset Right to exclude & right to practice IP driven competitive advantage Financial asset in balance sheet As a startup capital Value driver in a cross-licensing negotiation But also a strategic value: Offensive & Defensive Financial asset? Free transfer What other value?
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Monetizing patents without practicing NPEs Evil trolls? Necessary evil? Part of the ecosystem? What is the NPE business model? Enforcement But also adding on innovation and licensing Remember: Universities are NPEs
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Response Defensive aggregators
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PATENTS and TRADING IPXI
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INVESTMENT CONSORTIUMS Rock Star
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OTHER OPPORTUNITIES Osage Partners
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GENERALLY SPEAKING When it comes to IP, one must look beyond the 4 corners of the patent document It is not just a symbol of an entities’ innovative capacities It’s the result of a systematic, long term strategy It’s the strategy that creates the patent portfolio, not the other way around Final note on valuation challenge: Difficult and dangerous game for early stage technologies Bubble (we are in a sellers market)
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REFERENCES FOLLOW: IAM MAGAZINE People who turn IP into gold: IAM 300: http://www.iam-media.com/Blog/Detail.aspx?g=58bc8bc8-06fe-46f2-86ee-98af2867ec81 LES NOUVELLES TO GET INVOLVED: LES TURKEY. www.les-turkey.org
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Thank you. Omer Hiziroglu, CLP Partner, DCP omer@dcp.vc Twitter: @omerhizir
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