IPDefine is a Tokyo-headquartered company, comprised of international legal, intellectual property, artificial intelligence, and finance experts.

In 2022 we developed the world’s first AI capable of identifying and rating patent infringement to unlock the full value of patents as an asset class.

And in 2024, we finished analyzing every active, granted patent, catalyzing the completion of the IPDefine Patent Infringement Database, which contains over 700 million infringement records across over 15 million patents.

We leverage our Infringement Database to provide game-changing data and advisory to a wide range of clients, including global corporations and top-tier law firms, activist hedge funds, PE/VC firms, legal funding platforms, and other financial services providers. Our data has been used to support trading, investment, patent monetization, and due diligence strategies.

Put simply: We generate patent insights you can take to the bank.

Our methodology for evaluating and pricing patents is based on two key dimensions: the likelihood of infringement of the patent (technical analysis) and the relative market impact of the potentially infringing product (commercial analysis). This approach enables patent holders, investors and legal professionals, for the first time ever, to obtain patent value estimations using structured data and transparent mathematical functions.