Research on Patent Trust Financial Mechanism

Abstract

With the continuous innovation of intellectual property financial products, the patent trust has become an important way for patent financing. Compared with the patent pledge financing, the patent trust has a more powerful financing function. The current patent pledge financing can’t fully meet the financing needs of various of companies. As a new intellectual property financial product, patent trust has great potential for development. This paper explores the advantages and characteristics of the patent trust and demonstrates the current patent trust financing model. Furthermore, we find that the patent trust still has some problems to be solved, such as imperfect legal systems, inadequate supervision, and difficult risk control. Therefore, we provide suggestions for the further development of patent trust financing and realize capitalization and marketization of patents in order to release the potential value of patents.

Keywords: patent trust, financing, innovation, risk, supervision