Intellectual Property

Partner James R. Klaiber moderated the MIT Enterprise Forum of NYC meeting on A New Age in Patent Liquidity: New Opportunities for Entrepreneurs held February 15, 2012. at Pryor Cashman’s 7 Times Square, New York, NY office.

The panel included representatives from patent aggregators, sources of capital, patent crowd-sourcing firms, and inventors who have commercialized their patents. They shared their experience and offered their views on the future of IP liquidity models.

The issues discussed included:

• What are the strategies for monetizing IP
• How are transaction costs being reduced to create greater liquidity
• Is the market becoming more "rational"
• Are "non-practicing entities" growing from "trolls" to "IP VCs"
• Is this enabling businesses to negotiate fair royalties, with less litigation
• Is this helping inventors and entrepreneurs to profit fairly
• Are patents something technology entrepreneurs should bother with
• Can the little guy play