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 […]
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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 […]
Data Assets the Gold of the New Economy
Over the past year and a half, we witnessed a paradigm shift in how companies have been using their IP in transactions, reorganizations, and bankruptcy. The pandemic resulted in a surge of IP exploitation strategies centered around preservation of value, access to capital, and bankruptcy proceedings. In the midst of the pandemic, our focus shifted […]
Insurance Company Failures: Hurricanes and Other Bad Actors
Ocean Tomo Managing Director Kevin Tullier and Manager Caroline McGrath explore Insurance Company Failures. Ocean Tomo’s bankruptcy professionals have assisted management, state insurance departments and their respective counsel as they worked through the complexities of a failed insurance company, including some of the largest insurance insolvencies in history. These matters often involve assertions regarding the […]