Patent ID: 7987142

Claim:
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 intellectual property rights, said intellectual property including one of the group consisting of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, and trade secrets, said at least one unitized license contract comprising the right to practice said intellectual property 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 configured to underwrite said at least one unitized license contract, said at least one underwriter desiring to purchase said at least one unitized license contract for resale through said computer-accessible forum, wherein said underwriter is further configured to conduct a due diligence evaluation of said intellectual property rights; at least one buyer, said at least one buyer desiring to obtain said at least one unitized license contract through said computer-accessible forum, said at least one buyer trading said at least one unitized license contract through said computer-accessible forum.