Earlier today Ocean Tomo, 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 to […]
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Ocean Tomo Director of Business Development and Chicago Women In IP Founding Member Molly Keelan Chairs Girl Scout IP Patch Event in Chicago
Chicago Women in IP (ChiWIP), a networking and mentoring group for women throughout the Chicagoland area who work in all facets of intellectual property, will be hosting an event to help support Brownie troops throughout Chicagoland attain both their Girl Scout Inventor Badge along with the IP Patch. ChiWIP founding member, Molly Keelan, is co-chairing […]
ChiWIP Post Holiday Event 2016
On Thursday, January 21st, 2016, Chicago Women in IP will be hosting its first annual dinner event. The dinner will take place at Nacional 27 in Chicago and is a great opportunity for women in the IP industry to network with other professionals within the IP community. Molly Keelan, Director of Business Development and Sales […]
ChiWIP Fall 2015 Program
Chicago Women in IP (ChiWIP) co-founder, Molly Keelan, attended the Chicago Women in IP Event at Winston & Strawn on October 6, 2015. Over 100 women professionals gathered for ChiWIP’s Fall 2015 program, “Personal Branding Strategies for Women in IP: Differentiating Yourself from the Competition.” The second ChiWIP’s event for this year was moderated by […]
Launch of Chicago Women in IP (ChiWIP) Network at Ocean Tomo
On Wednesday, June 24th, the Chicago Women in IP (ChiWIP) kicked off a successful movement for women in the intellectual property community at Ocean Tomo’s Chicago office. After initiating a similar event on the west coast, I felt that Chicago was the perfect venue for such a network and mentoring group. The group’s goal is […]
Valuation Tools for Assessing IP-Related Risks
Every intellectual property (IP) valuation is unique and requires different methods to form a proper analysis that accounts for the risks involved in a particular scenario. Specific tools and techniques are employed when assessing and accounting for the inherent risks associated with IP, particularly in a transaction setting. Appropriately selecting each applicable discount used is […]
Patent Reform – Update to 9/2/14 Blog
In a September 2014 blog, I wrote that all traction on patent reform stalled on May 21, 2014 when Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, officially removed the patent reform bill from the committee’s agenda. The inability to reach an “agreement on how to combat the scourge of patent trolls […]
Venture Collaboration to Build Hydrogen Powered Future
Toyota’s royalty free patent licensing announcement, making available approximately 5,680 fuel cell related patents in four core technology areas, including: fuel cell stacks, high-pressure hydrogen tanks, fuel cell system software control and hydrogen production and supply has received a great deal of press attention. The announcement made earlier this week from the Consumer Electronics Show […]