Transform inventions and ideas into tokens

Tokenize intellectual property on Polymesh for clear proof of ownership, ease of transfer, and better liquidity.

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Tokenizing intellectual property opens up new ways to trade, license, and share valuable ideas and creations. From patented biopharmaceuticals to music royalties, tokenized IP is increasing liquidity and unlocking powerful new forms of monetization. Polymesh provides native functionality so that you can get the most out of your tokenized IP assets without complex, expensive, third-party smart contracts. 

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Size of recorded music industry in 2022

$31.2B+

Join the ecosystem steering the creator economy in a new direction. Tokenized intellectual property assets on Polymesh are enabling immutable royalties, solving the music industry’s biggest problem: paying artists fairly.

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Benefits of asset tokenization with Polymesh

Liquidity & access

Fractional ownership via tokenization unlocks liquidity by lowering barriers to entry for traditionally illiquid IP assets.

Transparency

Transparency and traceability of IP transactions helps enforce IP rights while adding a layer of security against fraud and misuse.

Compliance-capable

Embed customizable compliance rules into tokens for automatically enforcement in the execution of IP transactions.

Robust security

Polymesh has had 100% uptime with regular third-party audits and zero security exploits. Node operators are known and licensed.

Global innovation

The blockchain’s global nature allows for worldwide participation in the market for ideas and inventions, fuelling innovation.

Fewer exploits & errors

Reduced reliance on costly intermediaries and manual processes keeps operations cheaper and with fewer errors.

Flexible fungibility

Benefit from flexibility in asset scale or value with both fungible and non-fungible tokens

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Purpose-built for asset tokenization

Tokenize on Polymesh and bring native compliance features to non-fungible tokens.

Copyrights, patents, trade secrets and more

trademarks

music royalties

source code

biomedical patents

What is intellectual property tokenization?

Intellectual property tokenization is the process of converting the ownership value and IP rights from intellectual property assets into digital tokens on the blockchain to enable digital ownership, transfer, and storage of assets.

Polymesh supports both fungible and non-fungible tokens. IP naturally aligns with non-fungible tokens, which can preserve the inherent uniqueness of intellectual property assets. However, fungible tokens can also be a suitable choice, especially for use cases involving revenue sharing, investment pools, and broad-based access or usage rights.

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Easy, transparent transfers

Obstacles are prevalent in intellectual property transactions, from inefficient bureaucracy involving extensive documentation and due diligence to lengthy, expensive litigation over IP ownership, validity, and infringement.

Blockchain eliminates many of these challenges by enhancing transfer ease, traceability, and proof of ownership with less reliance on intermediaries. Its immutable, verifiable record of transactions can also help to enforce IP rights, resolve disputes, and recover the billions of dollars lost due to IP theft each year.

Better licensing brings better liquidity

Trading or licensing tokenized intellectual property helps monetize assets more efficiently – e.g. by automatically enforcing licensing agreements and executing terms such as payments, renewals, and usage rights without manual intervention. It also brings transparency to facilitate fairer valuation. This makes IP easier and cheaper to trade or license, increasing market accessibility.

Fractionalization enabled by tokenization can also bring new ownership models, allowing startups to fractionalize rights to IP to fund future development, or patent owners to gain liquidity and exposure from their assets while retaining majority shares and control.

Steps to tokenize assets on Polymesh

1

Choose your preferred issuance method

Polymesh provides base layer blockchain infrastructure that you can integrate directly in-house or with your own white-label token manager. For a completely no-code approach, choose an issuance platform. A securities professional or digital assets advisory firm can help you get in touch with a platform provider, or you can browse the Polymesh ecosystem.

2

Create your token

Decide when, where, and how to mint your token. Polymesh supports both fungible tokens and non-fungible tokens, as well as embedded compliance rules and metadata for important documentation and information about your asset. Polymesh also includes functionality for smart contracts in the Ink! language should they be required.

3

List your asset in a secondary market, if desired

One of the major benefits of blockchain technology is facilitating easier trading on secondary markets. This allows you to improve liquidity for your asset and reach a broader pool of investors. See the Polymesh ecosystem for secondary marketplaces including decentralized exchanges that can facilitate exchanges directly between investors.

4

Execute asset servicing and lifecycle management

Service your asset as per your business operations, client needs, and regulatory requirements. Governance and auditability are core aspects of Polymesh’s architecture while native features can be leveraged to automate corporate actions, increasing efficiency while decreasing errors and overhead.

What the Polymesh ecosystem is saying

"TokenTraxx is proud to work with Polymesh and lead the music industry’s breakthrough into Web3. The power of Polymesh’s purpose-built blockchain enables us to issue compliance-capable NFTs and enhancing our ability to focus on creating groundbreaking solutions for artists and fans, including tokenising music & film IP, while ensuring seamless and secure operations."

Tim Gentry

CEO of TokenTraxx

"The speed and cost of using Ethereum made Polymesh an obvious solution. The fees to trade tokens shouldn’t be higher than the value of the trade itself. Building Polymesh into our tech stack meant we could move beyond the challenges of general-purpose blockchains like Ethereum."

Mike Kessler

CEO of Tokenise

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Transform inventions and ideas into tokens

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