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 […]
Expert Testimony
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 […]
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 […]
New Managing Director Robert McSorley
Ocean Tomo is pleased to announce the promotion of Robert McSorley, JD, CPA to Managing Director in Ocean Tomo’s Intellectual Property Disputes Financial Experts practice out of the firm’s Chicago headquarters. This practice area quantifies financial damages arising from intellectual property disputes and provides general litigation support. Mr. McSorley has 30 years of experience addressing […]
New Managing Director Alexander Clemons
Ocean Tomo is pleased to announce the promotion of Alexander Clemons, JD, MBA to Managing Director in the firm’s Financial Experts Intellectual Property Disputes practice out of the firm’s Chicago headquarters. This practice area quantifies financial damages arising from intellectual property disputes and provides general litigation support. Prior to joining Ocean Tomo, Mr. Clemons worked […]
Ocean Tomo Welcomes Brian Napper, Managing Director
With over 30 years of experience, Mr. Napper has served global clients as an intellectual property valuation, licensing, and commercialization expert skilled in the determination of financial damages. On more than 80 occasions over the past decade, he has provided deposition, trial, and arbitration testimony across a wide range of courts and tribunals on issues […]
Mastery of Accounting Standards
Mastery of accounting standards is critical to the evaluation of issues such as potential financial statements misstatements, auditor misconduct, insolvency, and the damages potentially resulting therefrom. However, such analysis should not be limited to the contemporaneous standards, but rather include an understanding of their evolution over time. This understanding provides increased perspective into the proper […]