Parties contemplating a transaction involving trade secrets often enter into a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement (NDA) in order to facilitate, if not allow, meaningful dialogue. All of the parties to an NDA shoulder important obligations. Indeed, as a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shows, a trade secret owner’s […]
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Ocean Tomo Partners with TechNexus
Ocean Tomo has entered into a formal collaboration partnership with TechNexus, Chicago’s venture collaborative, for accelerated development of propriety products and services supported by corporate partnership. The focus of this collaboration will be to utilize Ocean Tomo’s strategic processes and patent driven research to determine the field of opportunity — areas where there is freedom […]
James E. Malackowski, Ocean Tomo CEO, Weighing in on Obama Administrations Veto of International Trade Commission Import Ban
Ocean Tomo CEO Jim Malackowski appeared this afternoon on CNBC Street Signs with Brian Sullivan and Mandy Drury to comment on the Obama Administration veto of a proposed ban on the import of patented smart phones. Commenting on the first veto of an International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling in more than 25 years, Jim explored […]
Michigan Innovation Index
Prepared exclusively for Crain’s Detroit Business by Ocean Tomo, the Michigan Innovation Index recognizes those companies that are transforming the state’s innovation landscape. The full article and complete list of 2012 featured companies is available here. The study, which ranks the top 100 companies with three or more patents issued in 2012 based on their […]
Inventoried Trade Secret Assets Can Lead To More Effective Cyber-Protection and More Commercial Opportunities
Cyber-protection, a.k.a., cyber-security is important because the stakes are so high. A successful cyber-attack, which results in the theft of trade secrets or other confidential data, can destroy trade secret rights, significantly disrupt an enterprise’s operations, undermine client confidence and negatively impact share price. Where the stakes are so high, so too are the opportunities. […]
Take 5 on Patents
Take 5: On Patents will be a monthly report prepared by Ocean Tomo, driven by insight gathered from the Ocean Tomo Ratings™ System. The Ocean Tomo Ratings™ system is the most advanced web-based patent data, rating and analysis platform designed for objectively assessing patent quality, relevant patents and technologies, competition, and competitive trends. The market […]
IP Investments & Markets 2013 Videos
Earlier this week, the Center for Applied Innovation (CAI) released the first in a series of videos from the Center for Applied Innovation Town Hall Meeting on IP Investments & Markets, Presented by Ocean Tomo. The 39 featured speakers, panelists and moderators generously gave their time to our event, contributing greatly to the success. Their […]
IP As Debt Collateral
In some instances, understanding the importance of the IP portfolio to the operations and assets of the company that owns the IP could be an important first step. For example, if a company owns IP assets that cover technologies that are key to the operations of the business, holding this IP as collateral could offer […]