Claim Revenue
Learn how to claim due revenue from a child IP Asset in TypeScript.
This section demonstrates how to claim due revenue from an IP Asset.
There are two main ways revenue can be claimed:
- Scenario #1: Someone pays my IP Asset directly, and I claim that revenue.
- Scenario #2: Someone pays a derivative IP Asset of my IP, and I have the right to a % of their revenue based on the
commercialRevShare
in the license terms.
Prerequisites
There are a few steps you have to complete before you can start the tutorial.
- Complete the TypeScript SDK Setup
- Have a basic understanding of the Royalty Module
- Obviously, there must be a payment to be claimed. Read Pay an IPA
Before We Start
When payments are made, they eventually end up in an IP Asset’s IP Royalty Vault. From here, they are claimed/transferred to whoever owns the Royalty Tokens associated with it, which represent a % of revenue share for a given IP Asset’s IP Royalty Vault.
The IP Account (the smart contract that represents the IP Asset) is what holds 100% of the Royalty Tokens when it’s first registered. So usually, it indeed holds most of the Royalty Tokens.
Quick Note. The below scenarios and examples use a Liquid Absolute Percentage royalty policy. This is currently one of two royalty policies you can use.
Scenario #1
In this scenario, I own IP Asset 3. Someone pays my IP Asset 3 directly, and I claim that revenue. Let’s view this in steps:
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As we can see in the below diagram, when IP Asset 4 (it doesn’t have to be an IP Asset, it can be any address) pays IP Asset 3 1M $WIP, 850k $WIP automatically gets deposited into IP Royalty Vault 3.
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Now, IP Asset 3 wants to claim its revenue sitting in the IP Royalty Vault 3. It will look like this:
Below is how IP Asset 3 would claim their revenue, as shown in the image above, with the SDK:
Associated Docs: royalty.claimAllRevenue
Scenario #2
In this scenario, I own IP Asset 1. Someone pays a derivative IP Asset 3, and I have the right to a % of their revenue based on the commercialRevShare
in the license terms. This is exactly the same as Scenario #1, except one extra step is added. Let’s view this in steps:
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As we can see in the below diagram, when IP Asset 4 (it doesn’t have to be an IP Asset, it can be any address) pays IP Asset 3 1M $WIP, 150k $WIP automatically gets deposited to the LAP royalty policy contract to be distributed to ancestors.
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Then, in a second step, the tokens are transferred to the ancestors’ IP Royalty Vault based on the negotiated
commercialRevShare
in the license terms. -
Lastly, IP Asset 1 & 2 want to claim their revenue sitting in their associated IP Royalty Vaults. It will look like this:
Below is how IP Asset 1 (or 2) would claim their revenue, as shown in the image above, with the SDK:
Associated Docs: royalty.claimAllRevenue
View Completed Code
Congratulations, you claimed revenue using the Royalty Module!
Dispute an IP
Now what happens if an IP Asset doesn’t pay their due share? We can dispute the IP on-chain, which we will cover on the next page.