Turn patent litigation
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Collective funding for patent enforcement. DeLi orchestrates per-case DAOs that finance infringement actions, with tokenized shares for funders and milestone-gated capital for patent owners.
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Patent infringement is routine in the digital economy, but enforcement stays out of reach for most - locked behind high costs, opaque underwriting, and funders chasing only multi-million dollar cases.
Patent infringement is routine in the digital economy, but enforcement stays out of reach for most - locked behind high costs, opaque underwriting, and funders chasing only multi-million dollar cases.
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From biotechnology to AI, explore active patent cases grouped by key technology areas. Back the disputes that will shape tomorrow's industries.
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Why DeLi Labs?
Forget six-figure due diligence and gated underwriting. We compared traditional litigation finance with DeLi's collective model. Spoiler alert: the future lies in transparency on blockchain rails.
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About Us
Enforcing a patent takes capital most small and mid-size owners cannot access. Traditional funders only back cases with multi-million dollar payouts.
DeLi connects patent owners, funders, and infringers on one platform. Each case is its own on-chain entity with a dedicated treasury and milestone-gated funding. Funders hold tokenized shares and can exit at predefined checkpoints.
Make patent enforcement workable for underserved cases - and open litigation funding to anyone who want to back them.
Pick your entry point
Pre-litigation
Active litigation
Post-Judgment
Highest uncertainty, lowest entry cost, and a longer horizon. You get the unique advantage to shape the case from the very start.
Medium uncertainty. The case has already cleared filing, and the defendant's responses give a much clearer read on the merits.
Lowest uncertainty and the highest ROI on capital deployed. Risk is strictly bounded by defendant recoverability.
Pre-litigation
Highest uncertainty, lowest entry cost, and a longer horizon. You get the unique advantage to shape the case from the very start.
Active litigation
Medium uncertainty. The case has already cleared filing, and the defendant's responses give a much clearer read on the merits.
Post-Judgment
Lowest uncertainty and the highest ROI on capital deployed. Risk is strictly bounded by defendant recoverability.
The Infrastructure Layer
Patent disputes span legal, financial, and procedural complexity. DeLi unifies funding and resolution on one platform.
Per-Case DAOs
Each accepted case spins up its own DAO with a dedicated treasury, funder set, and legal wrapper. No cross-case exposure, no commingled capital.
Milestone-Gated Capital
We replace upfront capital calls with milestone-driven release. Funds unlock as the case reaches predefined checkpoints - all the way to settlement or judgment.
Funder Exit Checkpoints
Funders can crystallize a position at known lifecycle points - after due diligence, before filing, or after an adverse ruling. Lock-in is never the only option.
AI-Assisted Case Dashboard
Every case is surfaced through a unified, AI-synthesized dashboard with patent strength, infringement read, damages range, and recoverability - before a single dollar is committed.
Confidentiality is the default, not a feature
Patent owners
Your case substance - claim charts, evidence, and damages models - stays completely private. Only cryptographic hashes are anchored on the ledger to ensure integrity without exposing data.
Funders
Security and privacy go hand-in-hand. KYC verification is handled seamlessly off-chain, ensuring you remain pseudonymous on-chain by default.
Infringers and licensees
Engaging with our platform will never create a public "suspected infringer" record. Settlements are executed as confidential transfers, where only the fact that a transaction occurred is visible.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you wanted to ask about collective patent enforcement funding, per-case DAOs, and how funder shares work - but didn't know where to start. Short, clear, and to the point.
What exactly is a "case-DAO"?
A case-DAO is a dedicated on-chain entity that DeLi spins up for every accepted patent infringement case. Each case-DAO has its own treasury holding funder commitments to that specific case, its own legal wrapper around the on-chain entity, and its own set of funders. Funders hold tokenized shares in the case-DAO, and when the case resolves profitably those shares pay out alongside their position. There is no cross-case exposure inside a single vehicle and no shared pool spreading risk across cases at completely different stages.
How is DeLi Labs using artificial intelligence?
DeLi uses a patent-case-tuned AI to build a unified dashboard for each case - combining owner-provided material with public patent and court data into a structured underwriting summary. It does not replace a funder's own due diligence; it shortens the path to yes or no.
Does it replace traditional patent law?
No. DeLi does not replace patent law or the courts. The platform sits on top of existing legal frameworks: cases proceed through the Unified Patent Court (UPC) under applicable patent law, and every case-DAO is wrapped in a real legal entity (SPV, segregated portfolio cell, foundation, or hybrid). DeLi standardizes funding and operations; the legal outcome is still adjudicated by the court.
What blockchains does DeLi Labs support?
DeLi is designed to be modular and chain-agnostic, but currently focuses on Ethereum and the broader EVM ecosystem. This allows case-DAO treasuries, funder shares, and settlement rails to use battle-tested smart contract infrastructure while keeping the option open to expand to other chains.
Can a funder exit before a case resolves?
Yes. Every case lifecycle includes designated funder exit checkpoints - for example, after the due diligence stage but before a complaint is filed at UPC, or after an unfavorable preliminary ruling. At those points a funder can crystallize their position and stop the bleed at known checkpoints rather than be locked in for the full multi-year duration of the case. The exact exit pricing and how exiting positions are reabsorbed or resold is part of the platform's lifecycle design.
Does the system support collective funding by retail investors?
Yes. The architecture is built around group litigation funding - a mechanism that lets ordinary investors participate collectively in funding a case rather than restricting litigation finance to a small number of professional funds. The exact eligibility, jurisdictional scope, and instrument structure (retail crowdfunding, pooled professional money, or a hybrid) follow the regulatory regime that applies to each case-DAO.