Patent Portfolio

A directory of patents managed and licensed by Music IP Holdings, Inc. (MIH) — the foundation of the Strategic Innovation Partner (SIP) Program for the next era of music, media & AI.

The Rights Infrastructure Behind AI-Generated Content

Music IP Holdings, Inc (MIH) has built the foundational patent estate for rights-managed AI content: 28+ patent families and more than 90 issued, allowed, and pending assets, anchored by 22+ issued/allowed U.S. patents with a deep bench of allowed applications moving to grant.

The portfolio covers the complete lifecycle of AI-derivative content as one interlocking system — multi-stage approval and controlled distribution, AI-generated derivative works, pre-approved theme libraries, watermarking and provenance, authorization and royalty administration, superfan experiences, and AI-driven merchandise. This isn’t a collection of point solutions; it’s a Content Rights Operating System (CROS).

Every stage a platform passes through to generate, approve, mark, distribute, and monetize AI content runs on the technology MIH has developed.

Behind the issued patents sits a pipeline of 75+ applications pending and in process — active continuation families, next-generation filings not yet publicly visible, and international coverage advancing through multiple PCT routes. The portfolio is engineered so coverage keeps pace with how AI platforms actually evolve, which means a license to this framework is a license to a growing system, not a fixed list of patents.

While MIH is deploying the framework first in the music industry — where the need is most urgent and the partnerships are already forming — the portfolio’s claims reach far beyond it.

The same patented workflows are being commercialized across motion picture and video, publishing, imagery, animation, character and franchise IP, name-image-and-likeness, voice, and other content markets. Wherever AI transforms creative work into something new, the same questions arise — who approved it, who owns it, who gets paid — and the same infrastructure answers them.

That is what we offer both sides of every content market. Rights owners get Protect & Participate: patent-backed control over how their work and identities are used by AI, plus a share in the value created from them. AI platforms get License & Launch: a clear, defensible path to build rights-cleared products at scale without betting the company on unresolved litigation. The market didn’t need another lawsuit. It needed a system. Welcome to it.

24 patents

AI Derivatives

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Patent NamePatent #
AI-Generated Music Derivative WorksUS -12,322,402-B2
Multi-Stage Approval and Controlled Distribution of AI-Generated Derivative ContentUS-12,639,405-B2
Multi-Stage Approval and Controlled Distribution of AI-Generated Derivative ContentUS-12,423,388-B2
AI-Generated Music Derivative WorksUS-12,632,514-B2
Multi-Stage Approval and Controlled Distribution of AI-Generated Derivative ContentUS-12,632,515-B2
AI-Generated Music Derivative WorksUS-12,632,516-B2
AI-Generated Derivative Content Scaling for MerchandiseUS-12,632,517-B2
AI-Generated Music Derivative WorksUS-12,632,518-B1
Approval and Controlled Distribution of AI-Generated ContentUS-12,645,766-B1
AI-Generated Music Derivative WorksUS-20260141036
Pre-Approved Theme LibraryUS 19/465,589 (Allowed)
Watermarking of AI Generated Derivative WorksUS 19/468, 947 (Allowed)
Multi-Stage Approval and Controlled Distribution of AI-Generated Derivative ContentUS 19/657,652 (Allowed)
AI-Generated Content Provenance and Distribution ControlUS 19/636,679 (Allowed)
AI-Generated Music Derivative WorksUS 19/655,826 (Allowed)
Watermarking of AI-Generated Derivative WorksUS 19/658,337 (Allowed)
Multi-Stage Approval and Controlled Distribution of AI-Generated ContentUS 19/657,657 (Allowed)
Context-Triggered Proactive Media Playback SystemUS 19/537,995 (Allowed)

Superfan

3
Patent NamePatent #
Superfan Music and Media Subscription TiersUS-12,633,275-B1
Superfan Music and Media Subscription TiersUS-12,633,276-B1
AI-based Media and Product Aggregation and Transaction ManagementUS-12,634,537-B1

Stems

3
Patent NamePatent #
Advanced Encoding of Music FilesUS - 8,204,755
Advanced Encoding of Music FilesUS - 9,230,552
Advanced Encoding of Music FilesUS - 8,457,977
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