摘要 |
A method and system for facilitating tangible valuation of intellectual property assets. The method comprises providing a centralized intellectual property market accessible to others in which one or more financial instruments, each instrument representing an interest in at least one intellectual property asset, may be exchanged in one or more transactions for a tangible value. The market may comprise means for accepting bids from one or more first parties interested in acquiring one or more financial instruments, means for accepting asking positions from one or more second parties interested in receiving value in exchange for the one or more financial instruments, and means for matching the bids and asking positions and facilitating transactions between the first and second parties. The market enables methods for acquiring and selling shares in intellectual property assets, for computing the value of business entities by taking into account the value of intellectual property assets owned by the entities, and for creating mutual funds based upon shares in intellectual property assets.
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