I know IP is controversial within HN to begin with, but the recent "terminator of Startup" post got me thinking...
I've previously been able to liquidate IP (a method of automatically calculating legal fees). Before I get the label "troll", I brought the IP to market, engaged in discussions with near unicorns Avvo and Legalzoom.
The terminator post has me reconsidering other IP including a method for practicing medication therapy management. In this case the World's largest company green lit us for a pilot after just a 15 minute teleconference, but abdandoned the same due to a cofounder conflict of interest. That was simultaneously heartbreaking while validating. Even now we are talking with another top 10 Pharmacy to pilot, an independent pharmacy, and a local University Pharmacy School. I know ideas are easy it's execution that matters but the reality is I can't just start a Pharmacy to implement my own MTM software to demonstrate how it will facilitate Medicartion Therapy Management more effectively than the 2 existing Medicare MTM software vendors. There is no doubt many parties that could effectively bring my IP to market, but is there a way to effectively get my IP in front of their eyes?
Is this one of the moments where I have a problem and I should build my own solution (an auction website for IP, including trademarks, patents and copyrights)? Anticipating the HN concern about facilitating IP trolls, acquisitions/assignments through the system could include anti-troll clauses curbing the buyers enforcement rights in the event they are not actively in the stream of commerce.
Now if I think about the intersection of an IP marketplace with super-buyers and super-sellers, the obvious candidates would be businesses in the patent portfolios business. That's probably the place to begin research into existing markets and values and players.