IP Tactics seeks primarily to acquire IP assets held by corporations, inventors, venture capital and private equity firms, and research and academic institutions. Our goal is to provide immediate liquidity options to these owners and a strong partnership going forward designed to effectively and efficiently monetize their IP assets through licensing, sales, creative business transactions and, if necessary, litigation. Even though most portfolio assets are unproven when we acquire them, we are willing to take on the bulk of the monetization risk and share the rewards with our clients. We also act as an eye on the marketplace for our clients, acquiring or neutralizing dangerous patents before they hit the auction and troll markets.

Our tactics include:

• Acquisition of a complete or partial equity interest in a single IP asset or portfolio of assets (both for our own account and on behalf of strategic partners using our extensive corporate and institutional contacts);
• Equity investment in company tied to/secured by IP or IP related revenue;
• Structure and negotiation of complex deals;
• Creation and management of strategic cross licensing pools;
• Active or passive role in the management of the licensing and, if necessary, litigation processes;
• Sale of all or part of a portfolio;
• Assumption of ongoing prosecutions and maintenance fees;
• Early, middle or late stage licensing and litigation financing options through debt, equity, or a hybrid investment; and/or
• Evaluation/negotiation of sales/licensing offers received from third parties.

Acquisition strategy:

In determining whether to act on one of the thousands of IP monetization opportunities in the marketplace today, IP Tactics employs a proprietary process to determine the validity and viability of IP assets and the potential value of those assets, including state-of-the-art knowledge management tools. IP Tactics also considers publicly available information including: (1) the size of the market, (2) the use of products within that market, (3) the critical nature of the design or process related to that market, and (4) the relevant market shares and size of the competitors in a given industry. Most importantly, IP Tactics considers the quality and reputation of the inventor/company owning the IP, and the legitimacy of the assets before moving forward.