IPwe and IBM Seek to Transform Corporate Patents With Next Generation NFTs Using IBM Blockchain An ecosystem to tokenize patents can allow intellectual property to be treated as business assets, making patents easier to license, sell and commercialize News provided by Share this article PARIS and ARMONK, N.Y., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- IPwe today announced plans to begin representing patents as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) or digital assets by working with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to create the infrastructure for representing patents as NFTs and storing the records on a blockchain network. The tokenization of intellectual property (IP) will help position patents to be more easily sold, traded, commercialized or otherwise monetized and bring new liquidity to this asset class for investors and innovators.