Patent & IP
Financing for intellectual property with measurable value
Capital for patent infringement, trade secret and licensing disputes, for inventors, operating companies and the counsel who represent them.
Executive overview
Intellectual property enforcement is expensive and slow, and defendants know it. Patent owners without deep reserves often cannot reach trial, and inter partes review adds further cost and risk.
LOFFCO evaluates the right, the infringement read and the damages theory together, then funds a budget built for the full life of the case, including post-grant proceedings where relevant.
| Claim value | $10 million and above |
|---|---|
| Capital use | Fees, technical and damages experts, post-grant defense, operating capital |
| Forums | U.S. district courts, ITC, PTAB, arbitration |
| Counsel | Contingency or hybrid preferred |
| Recourse | Generally nonrecourse |
What we finance
Matters we review
- Patent infringement
- Trade secret misappropriation
- Licensing and royalty disputes
- Breach of development or supply agreements involving IP
- Portfolios of related patent matters
Funding structures
Case budget funding
Staged capital across claim construction, experts, trial and appeal.
Operating capital
Funding for the patent owner's business during enforcement.
Portfolio funding
Capital across a group of assertions against separate defendants.
Monetization
An upfront payment against expected licensing or damages proceeds.
Underwriting focus
What we test first
Claim validity risk including post-grant exposure, a clean infringement read, the reasonable royalty or lost profits model, and defendant sales volumes.
Industries served
Process timeline
Indicative timeline
Overview
Response within five business daysConfidentiality
Weeks 1 to 2Diligence
Weeks 2 to 6Term sheet
Weeks 4 to 8Funding
At closing
Timing is indicative and depends on complexity and document readiness.
Questions
Frequently asked
Other solutions
Do you fund pre-suit investigation?
Selectively. Where a patent portfolio has credible infringement targets, we can fund analysis that determines whether an assertion campaign is warranted.
How does PTAB risk affect terms?
Post-grant challenges are modeled in the budget and the outcome scenarios. Funding is often staged around institution decisions.
Can you fund an operating company, not only a licensing entity?
Yes. Operating companies with defensible rights and measurable damages are well suited to financing.
Confidential case review
Start with a nonprivileged overview
Send a short summary of the dispute, the parties and the capital need. We answer every submission within five business days. Substantive materials come later, once a confidentiality framework is in place.