Banking
Leveraging Intellectual Property
January 2004
Ideas
Strategy
Execution
Team
Ideas
Merchant Intangible
Banking 87%
Assets
Revisited
62%
38%
Traditional Finance
Public Market
Voice
Private
Market Private Venture
Repositioning
Asset Class Equity Capital
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External Control
Merchant
Banking
Revisited
Debt
Traditional Finance
Public Market
Voice
Private
Private Venture
Market
Repositioning
Equity Capital
Asset Class
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External Control
Merchant Intangible
Banking
Revisited
Cash Flow Assets
Tangible
Debt
9 I|C|M|B OCEAN TOMO
Ideas Intellectual Capital Equity TM
Traditional Finance
Public Market
Voice
Private
Market Private Venture
Equity Capital
Repositioning
Asset Class
View
External Control
IP IP
Merchant
Banking
Revisited
Debt
IP
IP Finance
Public Market
Voice
Private
Market Private Venture
Equity Capital
Repositioning
Asset Class TOC
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SLB
External Control IP
Merchant
Banking
Revisited Securitiza
tion
Debt
Asset Class
Public Market
Voice
Assembly of “like” assets for
Private Market
management, financial reporting or
Repositioning investment purposes
Asset Class
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Value basis is transparent/objective
External Control Validity tests
Merchant
Reporting index accepted by the market
Banking
Revisited
Empirically useful
Synthetic notion central to modern
portfolio theory/corporate finance
Pooling
Public Market
Voice AAA
Private Market
Repositioning
A
Asset Class
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Effect
External Control
BBB
Merchant
Banking Credit Worthiness
Revisited
BB
C
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Commercialization Potential
Pooling Synergy
PATENT
PATENT
Business
Idea or Marketplace
Strategy PATENT
PATENT
Bridge to Market
Future Expectations
Public Market
Voice High
External
Control Licensing Predominantly tax -based Shareholder
and driven Litigation
Merchant Revenues
Financial Impact IAM
Banking Consulting Risk Mgt
Revisited Internal Strategies Strategies
Drivers Ð
Management
Infringement
Litigation
Low
Historical Present Future
IRS Review
Timing
History
Public Market The modern day reference to a “merchant bank”
Voice
stems from leading merchants of the early 1800’s,
Private Market whether trading in grain, paper or steel, who
Repositioning
transitioned from merchanting to banking when they
Asset Class had built up a sufficient reputation for soundness,
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reliability and wealth which warranted their
External Control colleagues’ trust.
Merchant
Early examples of merchant banking revolved
Banking
Revisited around international trade due to the shear period of
time required to contract, ship and receive goods.
The merchant banker’s role evolved in the 1920’s
when leading firms became heavily involved in both
advising and financing their clients.
Today, the new asset class is IP - the new
opportunity is for IP owners and their advisors to
transition to IP merchant bankers.
Positioning
Public Market
Voice
Bridge between finance, technical and
Private Market
legal teams
Repositioning Complement to existing corporate-
Asset Class
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banking relationships
External Control Unique insight into transaction origination
Merchant opportunities
Banking
Revisited Co-advisor on most larger transactions;
lead advisor on small / IP based
transactions
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IP Investment Continuum
Stage
Late
Risk
Management
Valuation
TOC Collateralized S/LB License
Expert Services Equity Acquisition
(Early Stage) Debt (Late Stage) Securitization
Marketplace
IP
TransactionTrademarks
Type Enhanced
IP IP Buyouts
Income Minority
Streams Exec
Other Buyout
Risk Management
3rd Party Asset
Management
New IP Concerns Facing Companies
M&A
Today
Risk
New impairment accounting rules (FAS 141,
Management 142)
Valuation
Rise in shareholder actions
Expert Services
Director and Officer accountability
Lack of capacity for broad IP insurance
coverage
Specific Examples Seen in the Market
Disallowance of charitable donations
Ongoing and potentially increased action
against holding companies
Uncertainty of large IP litigation damage
awards
of new product I|C|M|B
Uncertainty28 OCEAN TOMO
infringement
Strategy Intellectual Capital Equity TM
Risk Management
3rd Party Asset
Management
M&A
Risk
Management
Valuation
Expert Services
Premise of Value
3rd Party Asset
Management
Buy / Sell (Due Diligence Reviews)
M&A License Compliance (Unreported
Risk Royalties)
Management
Valuation
Tax (Donations, IP Holding Companies)
Expert Services SEC Compliance (FAS 141 & 142)
Risk Management (Sarbanes-Oxley)
Litigation (Pre-Filing Valuations)
Investment (Purchase Price Allocation)
Valuation Approach
3rd Party Asset
Management
Assess Facts
(Context & Purpose)
M&A
Risk
Management
Select
Methods
Valuation
Expert Services
Analyze Data
(Quantitative and Qualatiative)
Test
Conclusions
Communicate
Results
M&A / Licensing
Expert Services
3rd Party Asset
Management
Greater integration with core business
M&A
activities and records
Risk Reconciliation to historical activities
Management
Valuation
The accounting / economic continuum
Expert
Services
Execution
License Securitization
Sale/License-Back
Private Equity
Technology Option
Capital
License Securitization
License Type of asset-based financing backed by
Securitization
contractual payment flows
Sale/License-
Back
Requires sale of underlying assets to bankruptcy
remote entity
Private Equity
Technology
Transfer of assets must be arm’s length
Option Capital
Usually wholly-owned
Legally separate entity (independent director(s),
covenants, reps & warranties, corporate
procedures)
Relies only on the cash flows from the securitized
assets for repayment
Collections segregated into lockbox
Non-recourse for credit losses
Uses structure to offset the increased risk
associated with the lack of a general recourse claim
License Securitization
Parent
Company
Wholly Owned Loan License
Subsidiary Proceed Fee $
s$ SPE
Lockbox
IP Holding Third Party
Company Licenses Licensees
License Fees, Loan Proceeds
Patents, & Service Licenses,
& License Fee License
Agreements Fees,
IP Funding & Patents Lender(s)/ Operating
(SPE) Purchaser(s) Agent
Loan
Proceeds •Underwrites & Monitors
Guarantee of
P&I on Loan Collateral
Insurance Premium $ •Manages Debt
Credit •Provides Administration
Enhancement •Provides Marketing
Support
Provider
Source: GE Capital Technology Group
Sale/License- 80
Back AAA
70 AA
Private Equity A
Technology 60
BBB
Option Capital Junk
50
40
30
20
10
0
Expected
NPV Traunches
Royalty
Sale/License-Back
License Investors seek to purchase fragmented
Securitization
collections of technology-based patent assets
Sale/License-
Back
primarily from industry diversified,
creditworthy companies.
Private Equity
Technology On a field-of-use basis for a fixed term and
Option Capital fixed amount, the manager will license-back
those rights needed by the original patent
owner to continue to operate.
Once sufficient patents assets have been
acquired, the manager will out-license the
portfolio to third parties on a non-
discriminatory basis, sharing a portion of any
S/LB investments transform underutilized patents into
royalties collected with contributing patent
working financial assets to build shareholder value.
owners.
Sale/License-Back
Cash or License
Equity Sale/
Payment Out-licensing
License-back
Pool
Fund Market
$ Royalties
IP
IP Assignment 3rd Party
Licensees
Restricted
License
Customer
C
Cash on Investment
Cash Investment
Trustee
R&D Financing
Liquidity Bank
Trust & Security
Funding Market
Team
Diversity Class Action Insurance High Yield Named Peril / Captives Diversity M&A
MWE Fund
James E. Malackowski
President and CEO
20 N. Wacker Dr., 27th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 327-4410
jmalackowski@oceantomo.com