Live IP Auction

ICAP Ocean Tomo is recognized as the pioneer and leader in the live auctioning of intellectual property assets. Since April 2006, ICAP Ocean Tomo, and its predecessor organization, Ocean Tomo Transactions, has held ten live auctions across the United States and Europe resulting in the successful transaction of over $135 million in IP, benefiting sellers such as individual inventors, small and mid-sized companies, large corporations, federal and government agencies, academic institutions, and investors.

Designed to bring a sense of urgency and closure to IP transactions, the Auction platform creates a center for IP liquidity and promotes transparency for a market in which none had historically existed. Through our stringent qualification process and day-of-event execution, the ICAP Ocean Tomo Live IP Auction has become the premier live public forum for the open and public exchange of IP.