Lisa Cook, Professor of Economics & International Relations at Michigan State University, commented on a recent study conducted at Harvard University regarding the demographic data of inventors in America. Cook stated that, “throughout history, women and underrepresented minorities have not been able to participate fully in each stage of the innovation process.” Following the study, […]
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Ocean Tomo Helps BASF Monetize 15 Years of OLED R&D
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 […]
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 […]