Intellectual Property Finance

Capital for patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright claims.

IP litigation is expensive and long. Criterica Capital provides non-recourse funding for IP enforcement and defense — with dedicated outcome models trained on patent court records from the Eastern District of Texas, the District of Delaware, and 12 federal circuits.

NPEs, operating companies, and inventors funded on equal terms. Outcome determines eligibility, not company profile.

Case Types We Fund
Patent Infringement
Utility and design patent enforcement in US district courts and PTAB IPR proceedings. NPE and operating company funded equally on merit.
Trade Secret Misappropriation
DTSA and state law trade secret claims. Employee departure cases, vendor theft, and competitor misappropriation.
Trademark & Brand Enforcement
Federal Lanham Act trademark infringement, trade dress, and passing off claims. Domain disputes and counterfeiting actions.
Copyright Litigation
Copyright infringement in entertainment, software, publishing, and design industries. Statutory damages and disgorgement claims.
IP Portfolio Defense
IPR defense funding for operating companies facing PTAB challenges from NPEs or competitors. Validity defense capital.
Licensing Disputes
Breach of licensing agreement, underpayment of royalties, and scope-of-license disputes with measurable damages.
IP-Specific Underwriting

IP litigation has distinct outcome dynamics — jurisdiction selection, claim construction risk, PTAB invalidity exposure, and damages methodology are all material variables in predicting recovery. Our models are trained specifically on patent and IP court records, not generalized commercial litigation data.

We cover PTAB proceedings, ITC section 337 matters, and standard district court litigation. Validity risk — including IPR estoppel — is modeled explicitly in our patent case underwriting. We don't fund cases where PTAB exposure is material and unmodeled.

Terms
Minimum claim value
$1M (patent); $500K (other IP)
PTAB coverage
IPR, PGR, CBM proceedings
ITC section 337
Available for exclusion order proceedings
Portfolio financing
Patent portfolios — 3+ related matters
Stage preference
Pre-filing through verdict/settlement
Decision timeline
10–20 business days
How We Underwrite

Every capital decision at Criterica Capital is underwritten against outcomes, not collateral. Our models are trained on 106M+ real court records across US federal courts, state courts, and international jurisdictions.

We assess jurisdiction-level recovery rates, case-type outcome distributions, time-to-resolution curves, and attorney performance history before committing capital. No collateral. No credit check. Outcomes only.

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Outcome models
23,500+ predictive models across case types and jurisdictions
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Court record depth
106M+ verified decisions used in model training
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Jurisdiction calibration
Circuit, district, and state-level recovery benchmarks
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Recovery modeling
Expected value, settlement range, and duration estimates per case
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