Constituent Company Whirlpool Corp NASDAQ CM: WHR Website: www.whirlpoolcorp.com Industry Sector: Consumer Discretionary Average IPQ® Score: 100 Yesterday, Whirlpool Corporation announced their 6th year of inclusion in the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index. We are pleased to recognize the company’s continued inclusion in the Index and congratulate them on 100 years of innovation. Whirlpool Corporation, the […]
MIPS Technologies Selected for Inclusion in Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index
Constituent Company: MIPS Technologies NASDAQ CM: MIPS Website: www.mips.com Industry Sector: Semiconductors Average IPQ® Score: 134.9 Earlier today, MIPS Technologies announced their inclusion in the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index. We are glad to see them join the pack of leading companies with strong intellectual property portfolios. MIPS Technologies is a creator of microprocessor architectures found […]
Leading Cloud Services Provider, 8×8, Joins Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index 2011-2012
Constituent Company: 8×8, Inc. NASDAQ CM: EGHT Website: www.8×8.com Industry Sector: Telecommunication Services Average IPQ® Score: 136 Earlier today, 8×8 Inc announced their inclusion in the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index. We are pleased to see their inclusion and look forward to watching their growth going forward. 8×8, Inc. is a Silicon Valley-based pioneer in the […]
Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index – 61 Constituent Companies Included Across All 6 Years
Entering its sixth year of publishing the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index in 2011, Ocean Tomo acknowledges those companies who have contributed to the performance of the index in all six years including: Company Ticker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD Alcoa Inc. AA Allergan Inc. AGN Altera Corp. ALTR Amkor Technology Inc. AMKR Analog Devices […]
Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index (OTPAT) Announces New Constituent Companies in Sixth Year of Trading
In today’s blog post, which coincides with the announcement of the 2011 Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index (OT300) constituents, I would like to make special mention of three companies. Each reports earnings today and to us, more importantly, has been a member of the OT300 for each of the six years that the index has […]
Development of an Intellectual Property-Based Investment Strategy
After many years as a mergers and acquisitions and securities lawyer, I began investing in special situations professionally in 1996. Although the strategy has evolved to include any sort of idiosyncratic trade around a specific event or catalyst, then it was basically merger arbitrage. For the entire period prior to 2000, before such field leveling […]