The tech world is abuzz with the latest products and pitches from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Wearables are everywhere, but what about the power behind the wearable device explosion? Ocean Tomo Innovation Management Managing Director, Dr. N. Darius Sankey, attending CES this week on behalf of the firm took a moment to share with […]
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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 […]
Patent Transactions – A Changing Marketplace
For more than a decade, transactions of patent assets have been characterized by declining pricing trends on a per asset basis, and this downward pressure on price continues today. Data collected by ThinkFire on patent transactions that took place between 2002 and 2008 reveals a higher median but a lower average cost per patent family […]
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 […]
IP-Backed Financing on the Rise
Intellectual property (“IP”) may not be thought of as the most obvious asset used as collateral in security-backed financing, but it has existed since the late 19th century. Famously, Thomas Edison used his patent on the electric light bulb to secure financing to start General Electric. Traditional asset-backed lending is meant to provide businesses with […]
Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index Enters Ninth Year of Publication
Today the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index (OTPAT), the only index based on the value of corporate intellectual property, was reconstituted. The Index is a diversified listing of the 300 companies that own the most valuable patent portfolios relative to the book value of the company. The Index provides a meaningful benchmark for the performance […]