In this article we explore the potential for corporations, universities and other organizations to achieve added liquidity by leveraging an often underutilized and misunderstood IP asset: IPv4 addresses blocks.

There was a time, not so long ago, when tangible assets comprised the vast majority of a company’s total value. A business’ equipment, real estate and other holdings were indeed its strongest suits in securing access to working capital and ensuring liquidity. While this remains the case today for most small- and medium-sized companies, we find that among large corporations, intangible assets including intellectual property (IP) now hold the lion’s share of value.