In today’s blog post, which coincides with the announcement of the 2011 Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index (OT300) constituents, I would like to make special mention of three companies. Each reports earnings today and to us, more importantly, has been a member of the OT300 for each of the six years that the index has […]
Insights
Molly Keelan Reports on the 2011 AIPLA Annual Meeting
Thank you to all who stopped by the Ocean Tomo booth at the annual AIPLA conference last week. Michael Milani, Managing Director of Expert Testimony, and I enjoyed meeting new contacts and catching up with our clients. Interestingly enough, this year, Ocean Tomo decided to raffle off an iPad 2 and used a different method […]
United States International Trade Commission – Section 337 Patent Investigations
Effective November 15, 2011, the United States International Trade Commission rules for Section 337 patent investigations have been amended to require that with the filing of complaint, the complainant file a separate statement of public interest. This statement must address how the requested relief (typically an exclusion order) could “affect the public health and welfare […]
IP Strategy: Game Much Bigger than “Sword and Shield”
John Palfrey formerly an IP attorney with Ropes and Gray, now at Harvard Law, recently published a unique guide to IP strategy in a brief and feature-packed book, named aptly “Intellectual Property Strategy”. The power of the narrative lies in its simplicity – and it drives an impactful message: intellectual property strategy is a critical […]
Ocean Tomo CEO Jim Malackowski Elected as President of the Licensing Executives Society International
Last Friday I was confirmed as President of the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI). I was first introduced to LESI at a local chapter meeting in the United States in 1987. Years have passed quickly, and today I am honored to write as President of LESI for the 2011-2012 Society year. I am told my […]
Chicago Ideas Week and the Power of Intellectual Capital
Last week I attended a few of the events put on by Chicago Ideas Week, Brad Keywell’s weeklong series of over 100 presentations by world-renowned speakers with the goal of creating “an ecosystem of innovation, exploration, and intellectual recreation.” At a time when businesses are increasingly recognizing intellectual property (IP) as an asset class, it […]
Jim Malackowski Participates in a Discussion with the UN Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia
My final stop in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was a small group discussion with the Executive Director of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Fouad Mrad, members of the local Licensing Executives Society (LES) Arab Countries Chapter, and other invited guests. We continued the discussion of intellectual property as a […]
Development of an Intellectual Property-Based Investment Strategy
After many years as a mergers and acquisitions and securities lawyer, I began investing in special situations professionally in 1996. Although the strategy has evolved to include any sort of idiosyncratic trade around a specific event or catalyst, then it was basically merger arbitrage. For the entire period prior to 2000, before such field leveling […]