A Letter from James E. Malackowski, Co-Founder and CEO of Ocean Tomo I am excited to share that Ocean Tomo is joining forces with J.S. Held, a global consulting firm that provides specialized technical, scientific, financial, and advisory services. This alliance furthers our efforts to deliver first-class service and expertise to our clients. Like Ocean […]
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Ocean Tomo Outside
This past year, Ocean Tomo team members spread joy to our community by supporting a number of local treasured organizations, including Kids Meals, Inc., NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Greater Chicago Food Depository, Northern Illinois Food Bank, Project Open Hand, Saving tiny Hearts Society, Alameda County Community Food Bank, and The HistoryMakers. […]
Ocean Tomo Women in Leadership
This International Women’s Day, Ocean Tomo would like to recognize and celebrate the women in our organization. The women of Ocean Tomo are integral to our day-to-day operations and the exceptional service provided to our clients. We cannot express enough gratitude to the time, energy, and expertise they have devoted to the service of our […]
Why Every Company Should Have a Written IP Licensing Policy
Ocean Tomo’s Garrett Glover and Hon. Randall R. Rader, discuss their published article “Why Every Company Should Have a Written IP Licensing Policy” at the Licensing Executives Society International les Nouvelles Live! Mr. Glover has been involved in quantifying economic damages arising from intellectual property disputes for over 10 years, and in almost every case […]
Ocean Tomo’s Robert McSorley named Co-Chair for the Illinois Intellectual Property Alliance
Ocean Tomo Managing Director Robert McSorley, JD, CPA has been named the co-chair for the Illinois Intellectual Property Alliance (ILIPA) membership committee. The ILIPA highlights key events of interest to Illinois creator, protectors, and enablers of intellectual property. It also supports programs that improve the education and awareness of intellectual property including the Chicago Science […]
Ocean Tomo Autonomous Vehicle Industry Report
Ocean Tomo, LLC, released its Autonomous Vehicle Industry Report examining the components of market value, challenges and changes in the autonomous vehicle marketplace, and the increasingly critical role intellectual property (IP) licensing is playing in the industry. The report is available to download here. “Investment and research in the Autonomous Vehicles Industry is expanding. Traditional […]
Defining a Royalty Base for a SEP License
The advent of the COVID-19 Pandemic has further accelerated the adoption of technology standards that support teleworking, cloud networking, and other basic services to be performed digitally. An example of such a standard is the new 5G cellular network standard that modern smartphones now utilize. Technology adoption and innovation, exemplified through technology standards such as […]
Intellectual Property Issues in Breach of Contract Disputes
Intellectual Property (IP) is licensed and transferred in many ways. Because of the intangible nature of IP, drafting these licenses can be fraught with problems in defining the IP itself, the rights granted, and royalty triggers, to name a few. Similarly, different types of IP licenses require different protections, like quality control provisions for trademark […]