Inspiration
We experienced firsthand the pain of IP management as content creators, facing expensive legal processes and revenue loss from unauthorized use. With 20+ years of combined expertise in blockchain development, compliance, Web3 protocols, and product management, we have the technical depth, legal knowledge and market understanding to solve these complex challenges.
What it does
SeekerIP is the first comprehensive IP management platform on Hedera that combines ERC-6551 token-bound accounts, ERC-721, ERC-20, Hedera Consensus Service(HCS), Arbitration System with AI-powered infringement detection using yakoa API, enabling creators to register, license, and automatically distribute royalties for their intellectual property through smart contracts. Built by an experienced team with a working MVP already deployed on Hedera Testnet, the platform targets the $5.5 trillion global IP market and 50+ million content creators, positioning itself to drive significant network adoption while establishing new standards for decentralized IP protection and monetization.
How we built it
Tech Stack (What it’s built with)
Frontend: React + Vite, thirdweb, ethers, viem, Tailwind CSS Backends: Node/Express + TypeScript; @hashgraph/sdk for Hedera; Axios Smart contracts: Solidity (IPAssetManagerV2, Issuer/Lender, Arbitration), Hardhat Data: Prisma + PostgreSQL; event firehoses/indexers; IPFS for content/metadata Tooling: pnpm/yarn, tsx/ts-node, tsup, Drizzle (legacy), Thirdweb integrations Key Features
IP Asset lifecycle on Hedera IP registration as NFTs (IPAssetManagerV2), metadata on IPFS Licensing: create terms, mint license tokens, encrypted license terms Revenue: record payments, on-chain royalty tracking and claims Ownership transfer handling and transaction history Licensing & Royalties Priceable license offerings, royalty percentage configuration Royalty holders, claims, and distribution tracking Event indexers to sync contract events into the database Arbitration (UMA-like) Optimistic oracle pattern with stake-weighted voting HCS topics per asset; immutable dispute and vote history Arbitrator escalation and reputation tracking REST API for disputes: raise, vote, resolve, verify HCS messages DeFi-style Components (Issuer/Lender) Issuer: tokenized asset lifecycle (mint/burn, purchase/sell, KYC) Lender: liquidity pools, loans, collateral, liquidation dynamics Price oracle integration Frontend UX Modern, responsive UI with real-time notifications Wallet connect, Hedera testnet support ERC‑6551 token-bound account integrations where relevant Architecture Overview
Smart contracts (in seeker-backend/contracts/): IPAssetManagerV2.sol, IPAssetNFT.sol for IP assets IntellectualPropertyArbitration.sol for disputes Issuer/Lender/Reserve and related contracts Services and Indexers (seeker-backend/lib, seeker-backend/events): Event firehoses and indexers sync on-chain data to DB (Prisma) Thirdweb/viem integrations for reads/writes APIs backend/: minimal Express server for SeekerIP contract flows and Yakoa seeker-backend/routes/: Arbitration and IP Asset routes Storage and Data Prisma PostgreSQL schema for assets, licenses, royalties, claims, payments, users, configs IPFS for content and metadata Token Standards
Hedera Token Service (HTS) Native token operations (create/mint/burn/associate/transfer) for fungible and non-fungible tokens Used extensively in Issuer/Lender flows (USDC-like tokens, LP tokens, collateral handling) ERC‑721 (EVM on Hedera) IP assets are represented as NFTs (e.g., IPAssetNFT), following OpenZeppelin patterns for compatibility Enables standard wallet/explorer support and metadata via token URI (IPFS) ERC‑20‑style Fungible Tokens Asset/reserve/LP tokens follow fungible token semantics; on Hedera these are typically HTS tokens while maintaining EVM compatibility where applicable ERC‑6551 (Token‑Bound Accounts) Integrated for advanced IP ownership/accounting patterns where a token can control an account Registry and account implementations are referenced in the frontend docs
What's next for SeekerIP
Roadmap
Platform Optimization(Hedera KYC integration, Off-chain data integration). Ecosystem Expansion & Partnerships. Smart contract audits & Mainnet deployment on Hedera network. Build IP valuation tools, cross-chain compatibility, decentralized governance and achieve $10M+ ARR with 100,000+ registered IP assets. Build SDK that can be used to integrate our solution in new or existing applications.
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