Ocean Tomo Monetization Strategy Leads to $96 Million Patent Transaction Earlier this morning Ocean Tomo announced that our Transactions Advisory Group represented the German chemical company BASF SE in the sale of over 500 issued and pending patents related to OLED. The approximately $96 million USD intellectual property transaction between BASF SE and the wholly-owned […]
Ocean Tomo Transactions
Ocean Tomo Announces Completion of over $650 Million in Intellectual Property Transaction Volume
Earlier today Ocean Tomo, LLC, the intellectual capital merchant banc™ firm, announced updated performance of the Ocean Tomo Transactions Business Unit. Ocean Tomo has served as a trusted advisor to both large and small operating company patent owners, successfully closing a number of transactions with cumulative transaction value in excess of $650 million. Since returning […]
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 […]
3D Printing Exchange Platform, Co-Founded by Ocean Tomo, To Begin Commercial Partner Service in 2015
In December 2013 Ocean Tomo and Liberty Investment Ventures co-founded 3Discovered, the world’s first independent online marketplace exchange platform for commercial-grade 3D printable designs. The company connects owners of 3D printable designs and third party 3D printing service bureaus with customers who desire to purchase functional 3D printed objects. 3Discovered focuses on facilitating the monetization […]
Ocean Tomo to Re-enter Live Intellectual Property (IP) Auction Market
At the Licensing Executives Society (LES) Annual Meeting this morning in San Francisco, Ocean Tomo CEO Jim Malackowski and Ocean Tomo Managing Director James Trueman announced Ocean Tomo’s next generation intellectual property auction platform. Ocean Tomo created the live multi-lot IP auction marketplace in 2006, exiting the auction business in 2009, and has now returned […]
Ocean Tomo Transactions – Partnering To Deliver Exceptional Customer Service
Over the past five years, the intellectual property market has undergone significant transformation. A myriad of legal, business, and political changes witnessed by all of us have presented both new challenges and opportunities. In my new position as Managing Director of Transactions for Ocean Tomo, I find myself surrounded by colleagues each with a cutting […]
Federal Circuit Panel’s Diverge on Abstractness of Business Method Claims
Recent Federal Circuit Court rulings indicate inconsistencies surrounding “abstract ideas” and the resulting patent-eligibility of business methods and software. In CLS Bank Int’l v Alice Corp. (No. 2011-1301, Fed. Cir. July 9, 2012), the Federal Circuit passed judgment on the eligibility of claims directed to a computerized trading platform for exchanging credit and debit obligations […]
United States International Trade Commission – Section 337 Patent Investigations
Effective November 15, 2011, the United States International Trade Commission rules for Section 337 patent investigations have been amended to require that with the filing of complaint, the complainant file a separate statement of public interest. This statement must address how the requested relief (typically an exclusion order) could “affect the public health and welfare […]