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December 21, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited in the Harvard Business Review, “Why Leaders Are Still So Hesitant to Invest in New Business Models.” hbr.org online article: “Why Leaders Are Still So Hesitant to Invest in New Business Models.”
December 20, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited in the chinatimes.com article, “Concept Platform- Focus on Intangible Assets to Avoid Economic and Trade Bottlenecks.” www.chinatimes.com online article: 觀念平台-聚焦無形資產 助台避開經貿瓶頸
December 19, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited in the Business News article, “The Extreme Value of Intellectual Property.” www.businessnews.com.au online article: “The Extreme Value of Intellectual Property.”
December 8, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited in John Swannick’s article in The Market Mogul, “Monetising The Non-Financial: How To Attach Value To The Intangibles.” www.themarketmogul.com online article: “Monetising The Non-Financial: How To Attach Value To The Intangibles.”
December 1, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s brokering and auctioning of patents services are mentioned in Specialty Equipment Market Association’s article, “Taking the Mystery Out of Patents.” www.sema.org online article: “Taking the Mystery Out of Patents.”
November 28, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited in Marc Bertoneche’s article, “Creating value and intangible assets.” business.lesechos.fr online article: Création de valeur et actifs incorporels
November 21, 2016
Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Index company MicroVision, signs patent license agreement with Taiwanese ODM for its PicoP® scanning technology. www.businesswire.com online article: MicroVision Signs Patent License Agreement with Taiwanese ODM
November 17, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited in “Cyber risk in advanced manufacturing: How to be secure and resilient.” www.helpnetsecurity.com online article: “Cyber risk in advanced manufacturing: How to be secure and resilient.”
November 16, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited in CXOtoday.com article, “How Are Connected Devices Posing Threat To Manufacturers.” www.cxotoday.com online article: “How Are Connected Devices Posing Threat To Manufacturers.”
November 15, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited in, “Manufacturing’s Internet of Things Adoption Opens Up Big Security Holes”. www.infosecurity-magazine.com online article: “Manufacturing’s Internet of Things Adoption Opens Up Big Security Holes”
November 15, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited in a Deloitte study, “Connected Devices, Institutional Control Systems Expose Manufacturers to Cyber Threats”. www.prnewswire.com online article: “Deloitte and MAPI Study: Connected Devices, Industrial Control Systems Expose Manufacturers to Cyber Threats ”
November 11, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s CEO James E. Malackowski was quoted in Crain’s Detroit article, “University of Michigan sees innovation from receivers to drug therapies.” www.crainsdetroit.com online article: “UM sees innovation from reeivers to drug therapies.”
November 11, 2016
Ocean Tomo ranks biomedical company Immunolight LLC number one of twenty-five companies in Detroit based on patent quality. www.crainsdetroit.com online article: “Immunolight LLC.”
November 11, 2016
Auto-related companies top the list of Ocean Tomo’s Annual Study of Patent Quality among southeast Michigan companies because of the ever-changing need of technology. www.crainsdetroit.com online article: “2016 Eureka Index: Breaking with traditional technologies.”
November 9, 2016
Robert McSorley, Director of Ocean Tomo’s Expert Testimony practice, suggests in his article “Upcoming High Court Patent Decisions May Not Affect Stocks” that the impact of Supreme Court decisions on the stock prices of patent-rich companies may not affect stocks. www.law360.com online article: “Upcoming High Court Patent Decisions May Not Affect Stocks”.
October 27, 2016
Mattersight is recognized in Ocean Tomo’s Annual Study of Patent Quality among Chicago Companies. http://www.marketwired.com cited in article: Ocean Tomo, which scans U.S. Patent and Trademark Office data to identify new patents, then utilizes a proprietary algorithm to rate their quality, based on “uniqueness and the likelihood that companies will invest to develop, maintain or defend them.”
October 25, 2016
Ocean Tomo announces they served as transaction advisor on sale of wireless audio intellectual property in pr newswire news release www.prnewswire.com cited in article: “Ocean Tomo Serves as Transaction Advisor on Sale of Wireless Audio Intellectual Property”.
October 25, 2016
“Companies expect IP theft to rise in the next year, according to a new survey from Deloitte” by Lora Kolodny. www.techcrunch.com cited in article: Ocean Tomo Intangible Asset Market Value Study.
October 24, 2016
Writing for the Huffington Post, Chiara Conti, in her article “Expanding the Concept of Value” www.huffingtonpost.gr cited in article: Ocean Tomo Intangible Asset Market Value Study.
October 17, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited in The New Yorker Online article, www.newyorker.com online article: “The Meaning of Open Trade and Open Boarders.”
October 11, 2016
Ocean Tomo insight featured in Lighting and Sound America Online story: www.lightingandsoundamerica.com news release: “Shure Recognized on Crain’s Chicago Business’ Eureka! Chicago’s Most Innovative Companies” Top 10 List.
October 7, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s CEO James E. Malackowski is listed as past distinguished member inducted into the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame in www.lightingandsoundamerica.com news release: “Shure Recognized on Crain’s Chicago Business’ Eureka! Chicago’s Most Innovative Companies” Top 10 List.
October 6, 2016
Ocean Tomo insight featured in John Pletz: On Tech blog, www.chicagobusiness.com news release: “Inside Deere’s Innovation Engine: software for the smart farm” in Crain’s this week.
October 1, 2016
Ocean Tomo insight featured in Crain’s Chicago Business article, www.chicagobusiness.com news release: “ Most innovative companies methodology”.
September 19, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited in Engagement Strategies Media article, www.enterpriseengagement.org news release: “Guest Insight: Human Capital, Engagement Create Opportunities for the Accounting Profession.”
September 13, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited in Morningstar article, “UPDATE: This is why the S&P is antiquated.” news.morningstar.com news release: This is why the S&P 500 is antiquated
September 12, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited in Financial Buzz article www.financialbuzz.com news release: The New BrandTransact 50 Index Consistently Outperforms All Major Wall Street Indexes by Using Brand Metrics and Stock Price to Identify Undervalued Large Cap Securities
August 23, 2016
Ocean Tomo joins speakers from Qualcomm and Nitto Denko for a panel discussion on intellectual property management at PATINEX 2016 in Seoul”. displayplus.net news release: 특허청, 제12회 국제특허정보박람회(PATINEX 2016) 개최
August 17, 2016
Rob Nikolewski of The San Diego Union-Tribune cites Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study in his article “When Sustainable Can Mean Profitable”. sandiegouniontribune.com news release: When ‘sustainable’ can mean ‘profitable’ Portfolio manager expands the metrics for investors
August 16, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited in Bloomberg’s Accounting Blog: For Intangible Assets, Is Integrated Reporting The Answer? bna.com news release: FOR INTANGIBLE ASSETS, IS INTEGRATED REPORTING THE ANSWER?
August 10, 2016
Ocean Tomo announces they served as intellectual property advisor in advance of acquisition of Yahoo! prnewswire.com news release: Ocean Tomo Serves as Intellectual Property Advisor to Verizon In Advance of Acquisition of Yahoo!
August 2, 2016
John Lothian, publisher of John Lothian News, shared the formation of Ocean Tomo Investment Group, LLC, the registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Ocean Tomo. johnlothiannews.com news release: John Lothian Newsletter
July 22, 2016
Ocean Tomo is recognized as the transaction advisor to BASF-SE on OLED Intellectual Property Assets Sale. Finanznachrichten.de news release: Ocean Tomo fungiert als Transaktionsberater für BASF SE bei Veräußerung von geistigen Eigentumsrechten im OLED-Bereich
July 21, 2016
MicroVision cites their inclusion in the Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Index. jnews.sys-con.com news release: “MicroVision Schedules Conference Call to Discuss Second Quarter 2016 Financial and Operating Results”
July 21, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited in 247wallst.com article Coca-Cola Named Most Powerful Brand, Followed by Hershey. 247wallst.com article: Coca-Cola Named Most Powerful Brand, Followed by Hershey
July 19, 2016
The Ocean Tomo Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited in Wilshire press release: New Powered By Wilshire(SM) BrandTransact 50(R) Index Leverages Brand Value As Key in Identifying US Companies With Under-Recognized Share Price. prnewswire.com article: New Index is First to Combine Brand Metrics with Wall Street Analytics to Quantify Hard Impact of Soft Assets on Unrealized Market Value
July 18, 2016
The Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Index (OT300) is accredited by Louis Basenese writing for the Wall Street Daily in his article Patents Mean Profits… for Firms and Investors. Basenese cites that the OT300 has outperformed the S&P 500 since its inception. 247wallst.com article: Ocean Tomo Serves as Transaction Advisor to BASF SE on OLED Intellectual Property Assets Sale”
July 14, 2016
The Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Index (OT300) is accredited by Louis Basenese writing for the Wall Street Daily in his article Patents Mean Profits… for Firms and Investors. Basenese cites that the OT300 has outperformed the S&P 500 since its inception. wallstreetdaily.com article: Patents Mean Profits… for Firms and Investors
July 8, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s CEO James E. Malackowski quoted in IAM, commenting on the US patent market fluctuations. iam-media.com article: He believes that the patent market is beginning to recover saying, “From our vantage point, the market continues to recover very much along the path we expected.”
July 7, 2016
Ocean Tomo is recognized as the transaction advisor to BASF-SE on OLED Intellectual Property Assets Sale. n51pla.com article: 巴斯夫的新顾问 Ocean Tomo
July 7, 2016
The Ocean Tomo Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited in mt.sohu.com article.mt.sohu.com article: 大数据的价值在于“小模式”
July 6, 2016
The Ocean Tomo Intangible Asset Market Value Study is cited by Gary Hinson, CEO of IsecT Ltd. noticebored.com article: IP Intellectual Poverty
June 30, 2016
Forbes Magazine contributor former head of Intellectual Property for IBM and Microsoft, Marshall Phelps , cites the Ocean Tomo Intangible Asset Market Value Study in his article 5 Ways Intellectual Property Will Be Critical To Your Career, featured in forbes.com article: 5 Ways Intellectual Property Will Be Critical To Your Career
June 20, 2016
Bennett Voyles, writing for LiveMint on “Design and Business: The Substance of Style”, quoted Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study, featured in livemint.com article: Correlation is not causation, of course, but some of the world’s most successful companies are good at design
June 16, 2016
LG Display CTO provides OLED technology briefing with the Chinese Patent Office citing LG’s inclusion in the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index, featured in Fnewspim.com article: LG디스플레이, 중국 특허청서 ‘OLED’ 기술 설명회
May 22, 2016
The Ocean Tomo Intangible Asset Market Value Study is referenced by John Swannick, in his article, Value And A New Disclosure Paradigm in Market Mogul, featured in themarketmogul.com article: Value And A New Disclosure Paradigm
May 17, 2016
The Ocean Tomo Intangible Asset Market Value Study is referenced by the Saigon Times in the article, Strengthening Coordination Between Research Institutes, featured in thesaigontimes.vn article: Tăng cường phối hợp giữa viện, trường với doanh nghiệp
May 16, 2016
The Ocean Tomo Intangible Asset Market Value Study is referenced by Khoa Hoc Phattrien, in the article, Intangible assets: The Way of the Future, featured in khoahocphattrien.vn article: Tài sản vô hình: Con đường của tương lai
May 10, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s analysis of the nearly 1.5 million in-force patents for IPO revealing over 12,300 with filing date the same as the issue date of the parent patent was discussed in Tony Dutra’s story for BNA’s Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal-Daily Edition, featured in bna.com article: PTO Rule on Continuation Filing Jeopardizes 12,000 Patents
May 5, 2016
Ryan Davis, writing for IP Law360 in Fed. Circ. Filing Date Case Could Kill Thousands of Patents, cites Ocean Tomo study, conducted for the Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) that determined 12,300 patents issued by the USPTO have a filing date that is the same as the issue date of a parent patent, featured in law360.com article: Fed. Circ. Filing Date Case Could Kill Thousands Of Patents
April 27, 2016
Julie Edwards, writing for Hispanic Executive, interviews RR Donnelley’s chief intellectual property counsel Paul Rodriguez who talks about RR Donnelley’s inclusion in the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index, featured in hispanicexecutive.com article: To Value and Protect Intellectual Property Worldwide
April 22, 2016
Ocean Tomo announces the 42 companies who have contributed to the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index over the past 10 years, featured in prweb.com article: Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index 10 Year Constituent Companies
April 12, 2016
Ocean Tomo announces the completion of over $650 million transactions in intellectual property transaction volume, featured in prweb.com article: Over $650 Million in Intellectual Property Transaction Volume
April 8, 2016
IAM teamed up with Ocean Tomo to produce the annual leading law firm report, reflecting the law firms who prosecute the highest quality patents on behalf of their corporate clients, featured in iam-media.com article: When it comes to high quality patents these are the US firms that lead the way
April 4, 2016
IAM Magazine published Ocean Tomo’s annual assessment of which law firms secured the highest-quality patents for their clients, featured in iam-media.com article: Issue 77 of IAM now out, with a cover story focusing on IV’s changing patent monetisation strategy
March 30, 2016
Florian Mueller in FOSS on patents, reflects on the similarities between Appel v. Samsung and Oracle v. Google focused on the apportionment of damages with “most of the damages at issue… based on the theory of a disgorgement of infringer’s profits.”, featured in fosspatents.com article: Disgorgement of infringer’s profits in Apple v. Samsung and Oracle v. Google: apportionment is key
March 29, 2016
Juha Saarinen, writing for itnews reports on a damages report prepared by Ocean Tomo filed on behalf of Oracle seeking $9.3 Billion from Google for Java API’s, featured in itnews.com.au article: Oracle wants $12.2b from Google for Java APIs Record damages based on profit.
March 23, 2016
Mark James Thompson, writing for Seeking Alpha reports on the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index, featured in seekingalpha.com article: Patenting And Stock Returns
March 21, 2016
Nikolay Skiba shares the results of the Ocean Tomo Intangible Asset Market Value Study, featured in life.pravda.com.ua article: Tài sản vô hình: Con đường của tương lai
February 25, 2016
Tom Quinlan, President and Chief Executive Officer, RR Donnelley & Sons Co, reported on the company’s patented technology “in areas such as print and electronics, radio frequency identification tags, variable video for digital campaign management, and high speed digital color printing, once again let us to be named to the Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Index, a recognized measure of the value of innovation” during R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ Q4, 2015 Earnings Call, featured in seekingalpha.com article: R.R. Donnelley & Sons’ (RRD) CEO Tom Quinlan on Q4 2015 Results – Earnings Call Transcript
February 11, 2016
Ocean Tomo CEO, James E. Malackowski is quoted in AUTOMOVILISMO reflecting on Ford’s commitment to innovation and their inclusion in the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index over a five year period, featured in www.peru.com article: Ford, el amo y señor en tecnología automotriz durante
February 4, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study referenced in story reporting on The Digital Finance Imperative, a new study sponsored by Oracle conducted by Chartered Global Management Accountant reflecting why CFOS in Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) “must rethink the way they measure the heath of companies”, featured in iam-media.com article: Ocean Tomo’s Intangible Asset Market Value Study
January 26, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s work on behalf of Canadian telecom and wireless company, Blackberry to broker a portfolio of USB power patents to Centerbridge Partners to create a monetization vehicle under the direction of Craig Thompson, former senior VP of IP at Alcatel-Lucent was reported in the IAM blog. iam-media.com article: Abandonment is a common and desirable aspect of patent systems, say senior IBM counsel
January 8, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s Patent Abandonment Study results were discussed by IBM’s Manny Schechter (chief patent counsel) and Marian Underweiser (senior counsel for IP policy and strategy) with Jack Ellis in the IAM blog, featured in iam-media.com article: Abandonment is a common and desirable aspect of patent systems, say senior IBM counsel
January 4, 2016
Ocean Tomo’s CEO James E. Malackowski quoted in Cheatsheet, commenting on an Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index constituent company, Ford, featured in cheatsheet.com article: “The commitment Ford has made to innovation is commendable,” says James Malackowski, chairman and CEO of Ocean Tomo, an intellectual property firm. “The strength of Ford’s patent portfolio has resulted in the company being named a constituent to the Ocean Tomo 300 Patent Index for five years.
January 2, 2016
Ocean Tomo CEO reflects on Ford’s commitment to innovation in the Post-Bulletin.com article: Ford receives record number of patents in 2015