I am always looking for signs that the anti-assertion pendulum is swinging back. The first material evidence came last year when the US Trade Representative, acting on behalf of the Obama administration, upheld the ITC’s exclusion order against Samsung due to the fact that Samsung, in its capacity as potential licensee of certain AAPL patents, […]
Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index Enters Eighth Year of Trading
Today the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index(OTPAT), the only index based on the value of corporate intellectual property, was reconstituted. The Index is a diversified listing of the 300 companies that own the most valuable patent portfolios relative to the book value of the company. The Index provides a meaningful benchmark for the performance of […]
Thoughts on the Microsoft and Nokia Transaction
Some in and around the IP community have criticized the Microsoft (MSFT)/Nokia (NOK) transaction as anticompetitive. For example, David Balto, a former policy director of the Federal Trade Commission, wrote in the Huffington Post, “When competitors form a truce, consumers need to worry because often they find ways to make consumers pay more by cutting […]
Town Hall Meeting on IP Investments & Markets: Focus On Patent Transactions
In late June, I attended the first Town Hall Meeting on IP Investments and Markets, presented by Ocean Tomo and hosted by the Center for Applied Innovation. Held in Chicago, it brought together leaders from the IP industry with investors and investment managers to discuss the potential for the IP asset class to drive corporate […]
Building A Better Box: Techniques for Innovation
It’s been eight years since Business Week branded the cover of its 75th Anniversary edition with the words “The Innovation Economy.” Since then markets have changed and bubbles have burst, but the message of that cover continues to hold true—we operate in an Innovation Economy powered by ideas. Today, competitiveness is determined by a business’ […]
Will Facebook Grow Into Their Valuation?
Everyone knows the metrics by now, the end of Facebook’s first day of trading: Market Cap = 112.6 bln.; 107x last twelve months (LTM) earnings; 26x LTM revenue. That’s a whole lot of expectation to fulfill. How will Facebook grow into that valuation? What is discussed most frequently is the addition of a next generation […]
Cypress Named to Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index for Sixth Consecutive Year
Constituent Company: Cypress Semiconductor Corp. NASDAQ CM: CY Website:www.cypress.com Industry Sector: Information Technology Average IPQ® Score: 120 On December 7th, Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) announced that for the sixth consecutive year, it was named a constituent in the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index; the first equity index based on the value of corporate intellectual […]
AU Optronics Again Named to Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index
Constituent Company: AU Optronics Corp. NASDAQ CM: AUO Website: www.auo.com Industry Sector: Information Technology Average IPQ® Score: 101.4 On November 18, AU Optronics (AUO) announced that it has been selected as a constituent for the 2011/2012 Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Index. Ocean Tomo recognizes AUO’s inclusion across four of the six years that the Index has […]