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 […]
Insights
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 […]
Patent Damages Today – But What About Tomorrow
Shirley Webster, Managing Director in the Expert Testimony Practice of Ocean Tomo, who oversees our Houston office, had the pleasure of speaking at the University of Texas’ 9th Annual Patent Law Institute last week. The two-day event, held at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, focused on the latest developments in patent law. Shirley was […]
When Is It Time to Harvest Trade Secrets?
There are opportune times to “harvest” — meaning, identify and inventory — trade secrets. If a company recognizes and takes advantage of those opportunities, then developing a robust trade secret portfolio should become considerably more manageable. For example, suppose that a company develops a product. Consistent with company policy and practice, the employees who developed […]
Cleveland’s Patent Power Index
Prepared exclusively for Crain’s Cleveland Business by Ocean Tomo, the Patent Power Index recognizes those companies in Norheast Ohio that are transforming the state’s innovation landscape. The full article and featured companies is available in the article “Stronger Ideas Start Here,” by Chuck Soder. The index, which ranks the top 30 companies in the Cleveland-Akron-Canton […]
Momentum for Trade Secret Legislation on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Product of R&D. Significant component of a balanced IP portfolio. Economic driver. In homage to Jeopardy!®, “What are trade secrets?” Right! “Trade secrets” is also the answer to the following question: what type of IP is currently garnering significant attention from both U.S. and European legislators? More specifically, U.S. and European legislative bodies are proposing […]
Take 5 On Patents: October 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 October including: You can view and download the full October report here. Subscribe to this monthly report by signing up here. Our report is only […]
Another Real World Analogy: Trade Secrets and Works of Art
Intangible assets (namely, trade secrets) often can be more easily understood when analogized to tangible assets (for example, works of art) with which people are familiar. To that end, the theme of Ocean Tomo’s 2013 Trade Secret Management & Monetization Symposium was “Trade Secrets: Valuable, but Vulnerable, IP Assets.” That same general theme — valuable, […]