Patent ID: 8180711
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computerized intellectual property trading exchange for facilitating the trading of intellectual property rights, said computerized exchange comprising: a computerized storage device configured to store at least one unitized intellectual property license contract, said at least one unitized license contract relating to a pool containing intellectual property rights placed in said pool based upon a set of relatedness characteristics identified to be statistically more prevalent in said pool based upon a regression analysis of at least two members of said pool, said at least one unitized license contract comprising the right to practice said pool of intellectual property rights for a predetermined quantity of instances; a computer-accessible forum, said computer-accessible forum defining at least one regulation of trading and at least one requirement of listing on said computerized exchange, said computer-accessible forum configured to allow a plurality of participants to trade said at least one unitized license contract, said plurality of participants comprising: at least one seller, said at least one seller having said at least one unitized license contract, said at least one seller desiring to sell said at least one unitized license contract; at least one underwriter, said at least one underwriter desiring to purchase said at least one unitized license contract for resale through said computer-accessible forum; and at least one buyer, said at least one buyer desiring to obtain said at least one unitized license contract through said computer-accessible forum.