Ocean Tomo supported Cengage Learning’s plan of reorganization by serving as the lead valuation advisor to the debtors with regards to valuing certain copyrights that were part of the debtors’ estate. The copyrights represented a meaningful portion of Cengage Learning’s owned copyright portfolio and impacted the recovery of all creditor classes, and we undertook a […]
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Study of Illinois Patent Quality for Crain’s Chicago Business Eureka Index and Further Insight
The 2014 Eureka Index, exclusively published in the March 30th-April 5th issue of Crain’s Chicago Business and driven by Ocean Tomo data, was published. The Eureka index, which recognizes patent quality among Illinois companies and institutions with three of more issued patents in 2013, was performed using the Ocean Tomo Ratings™ system. The system gives […]
CEO Jim Malackowski Speaks at Forbes 2014 Reinventing America Summit
More than 300 business leaders, policymakers, and innovators flocked to Chicago last week to participate in the 2014 Reinventing America Summit presented by Forbes Media. The focus of the conference, “Leading the Next Industrial Revolution,” spurred powerful dialogue on the future of the American economy and the nation’s ability to remain competitive in the global […]
SXSW: The NSA, Snapchat, and Privacy: Should You be Freaking Out?
Ocean Tomo has three employees attending this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas. The OTInsights blog will feature the team’s observations and experiences all week. For a live look into SXSW, follow Josh Gammon @GammonIP, Maria Lazarova @lazarovam and Nash Ream @NashReam on Twitter. Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.com, moderated a lively […]
SXSW: FIRST Robotics Competition
Ocean Tomo has three employees attending this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas. The OTInsights blog will feature the team’s observations and experiences all week. For a live look into SXSW, follow Josh Gammon @GammonIP, Maria Lazarova @lazarovam and Nash Ream @NashReam on Twitter. Ocean Tomo heard from Dean Kamen, prolific inventor […]
SXSW: Clubbing the Patent Trolls: How We Can Fight Back
Ocean Tomo has three employees attending this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas. The OTInsights blog will feature the team’s observations and experiences all week. For a live look into SXSW, follow Josh Gammon @GammonIP, Maria Lazarova @lazarovam and Nash Ream @NashReam on Twitter. SXSW Interactive 2014 is off to a great […]
Jim Malackowski Gives Lecture on Global IP Market Development
As I am quick to point out when asked, teaching is the one part of my job I enjoy the most. It’s both a forced discipline to crystallize and advance your own thoughts as well as a catalyst for insight driven by the questions of the students. This morning I had the opportunity to again […]
Take 5 On Patents: December Report
Today we released the new Take 5: On Patents report featuring an overview of patent issuance activity within the United States Patent & Trademark Office in December including: You can view and download the full December report here. Subscribe to this monthly report by signing up here. Our report is only […]