Toyota’s royalty free patent licensing announcement, making available approximately 5,680 fuel cell related patents in four core technology areas, including: fuel cell stacks, high-pressure hydrogen tanks, fuel cell system software control and hydrogen production and supply has received a great deal of press attention. The announcement made earlier this week from the Consumer Electronics Show […]
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Battery Tech Wearables Report
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 […]
Ocean Tomo 3D Printing Patent Study
Yesterday Ocean Tomo CEO James E. Malackowski participated on a panel at the 3D Printing Politics conference in Washington, DC. An event where Peter Harter, a lobbyist with deep experience in intellectual property spanning Netscape, EMusic and Intellectual Ventures, assembled a remarkable group of senior business and government thought leaders in the 3D printing industry […]
Intellectual Property (IP) Valuation in Bankruptcy: Perfection of Security Interests in IP
As the value of corporations continues to shift from tangible assets to intangibles such as patents, copyrights, trademarks and customer contracts, an increasing number of bankruptcies and corporate restructurings involve intellectual property (IP) matters. Due to this increase in disputes related to IP rights and value, the potential risk exposure for all creditors of improper […]
USPTO Announces 2013 Winners of its Inaugural Patents for Humanity Program
Innovation and invention are paramount to overcoming global challenges in health and quality of life. Last week marked an especially important milestone in the promotion of intellectual property (IP) for the betterment of mankind, as the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the 10 winners of its Patents for Humanity pilot program during […]
Tipping Point for IP, attests IPBC Conference in Portugal
A very exciting IP global meeting just finished in Portugal, with approximately 500 IP professionals and companies from around the world, and many of the leading figures from the largest IP deals in recent past, USPTO, EPO, academics, politicians and others. IAM did a fantastic job with speakers, logistics, details, as everyone has come to […]
Patents for Humanity – New USPTO Humanitarian Initiative
On Wednesday I watched as David Kappos announced the USPTO’s new humanitarian initiative – Patents for Humanity. “Innovation is 99% about failure, which is expensive,” Kappos said. He’s completely right. It is difficult to disseminate knowledge due to the high costs associated with the current patent system. The barriers of entry – both time and […]
Update from the WEF Summit on the Global Agenda 2011 from Jim Malackowski
I attended this afternoon in Abu Dhabi the introductory session for new members of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Action Council (GAC). Not one to shy from big ideas, I was more than impressed by the scope and impact of WEF overall, and the GAC in particular. Klaus Schwab, WEF Founder and Executive Chairman, […]