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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Take 5 On Patents: March Report
Today, Ocean Tomo released our new Take 5: On Patents report. This report provides an overview of the highest patent issuance activity within the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) during the month of March. A few notable names from this report include Immunomedics, Inc., Toshiba Corp., Marshall Medoff, and Pate Baird. Immunomedics, Inc., […]
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 […]
Ocean Tomo Releases 2015 Annual Study of Intangible Asset Market Value
Today, Ocean Tomo has released the 2015 update to the Annual Study of Intangible Asset Market Value. As reported by Geoff Colvin of Fortune Magazine, the data reflected in the chart below reveals that intangible asset value of the S&P 500 grew to an average of 84% by January 1st, 2015, an increase of four […]
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 […]