Semi-Autonomous Motorcar Serves Drivers with Severely Limited Mobility Attending the WIRED Cafe at CES, I was delighted to see IndyCar icon Sam Schmidt in attendance. Sam has been a friend since the late 1990’s when I was fortunate enough to race a support series car with the Treadway Indy Racing League Team. Sam was Treadway’s […]
Ten Million Patents
The “Ten Million Patents” ceremony was a big deal – Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross and Under Secretary and Director of the USPTO Andrei Iancu took the inventor of to the White House for the President to sign the patent. The reception included remarks from Senator Chris Coons (Delaware) emphasizing yesterday’s resolution on the […]
Lessons From the Largest Patent Damages Award In History
I confess to being a news junkie. My first hour of each day repeats CNN New Day with Chris and Alisyn followed by CBS This Morning with Charlie, Gayle and Norah concluding with industry news through IP Law 360. My attention is always to anything tech, IP or Ocean Tomo. Yesterday was a strong day […]
USPTO Announces 2015 Winners of its Patents for Humanity Program
Collaboration plays a crucial role in overcoming many complex issues worldwide. It is this shared desire for problem solving that pushes countless innovators to improve their inventions. Programs such as Patents for Humanity are dedicated to those who inspire to better the world with their technology. Recognizing that failure is a necessary, albeit expensive, part […]
IPXI Ceases Operations
IPXI announced yesterday that it was ceasing operations. As the original inspiration for the platform, Ocean Tomo is of course disappointed to see this current effort come to an end. The activities of IPXI were broadly recognized as positively contributing toward global IP market development. Ocean Tomo will continue to encourage similar efforts underway, both […]
New Legal Rules May Benefit Patent Market
The “marketplace” for intellectual property, and patents in particular, is represented in commercial licensing and sale transactions as well as by an award of reasonable royalties in the courts. Since the passing of the American Invents Act (AIA), there has been significant change in both segments as patent owners and counterparties seek to digest changing […]
Uniquely Qualified For the Job – Darrell Issa
Earlier this month House Judiciary Committee Chairman Robert W. Goodlatte (R-VA) named Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) Chairman of the IP Subcommittee on the House Judiciary Committee. Rep. Issa is well known as a successful inventor, patentee, and businessman, having founded Directed Electronics. Ocean Tomo research presents a strong case that Issa is right for the […]
2015 IP Market Forecast: Innovation Management
In our introductory video on Ocean Tomo’s 2015 IP Market Forecast, I discussed ten insights that played crucial roles in our 2015 plans. Today’s video focuses on how we plan to address two of those observations: Business Focused Patent Prosecution and Outsourced Research & Development (R&D) Collaboration. R&D and patent prosecution are two closely connected […]