Earlier today Ocean Tomo, the intellectual capital merchant banc™ firm, announced updated performance of the Ocean Tomo Transactions Business Unit. Ocean Tomo has served as a trusted advisor to both large and small operating company patent owners, successfully closing a number of transactions with cumulative transaction value in excess of $650 million. Since returning to […]
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ChiWIP Post Holiday Event 2016
On Thursday, January 21st, 2016, Chicago Women in IP will be hosting its first annual dinner event. The dinner will take place at Nacional 27 in Chicago and is a great opportunity for women in the IP industry to network with other professionals within the IP community. Molly Keelan, Director of Business Development and Sales […]
ChiWIP Fall 2015 Program
Chicago Women in IP (ChiWIP) co-founder, Molly Keelan, attended the Chicago Women in IP Event at Winston & Strawn on October 6, 2015. Over 100 women professionals gathered for ChiWIP’s Fall 2015 program, “Personal Branding Strategies for Women in IP: Differentiating Yourself from the Competition.” The second ChiWIP’s event for this year was moderated by […]
Valuation Tools for Assessing IP-Related Risks
Every intellectual property (IP) valuation is unique and requires different methods to form a proper analysis that accounts for the risks involved in a particular scenario. Specific tools and techniques are employed when assessing and accounting for the inherent risks associated with IP, particularly in a transaction setting. Appropriately selecting each applicable discount used is […]
IP-Backed Financing on the Rise
Intellectual property (“IP”) may not be thought of as the most obvious asset used as collateral in security-backed financing, but it has existed since the late 19th century. Famously, Thomas Edison used his patent on the electric light bulb to secure financing to start General Electric. Traditional asset-backed lending is meant to provide businesses with […]
Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index Enters Ninth Year of Publication
Today the Ocean Tomo 300® Patent Index (OTPAT), the only index based on the value of corporate intellectual property, was reconstituted. The Index is a diversified listing of the 300 companies that own the most valuable patent portfolios relative to the book value of the company. The Index provides a meaningful benchmark for the performance […]
Ocean Tomo to Re-enter Live Intellectual Property (IP) Auction Market
At the Licensing Executives Society (LES) Annual Meeting this morning in San Francisco, Ocean Tomo CEO Jim Malackowski and Ocean Tomo Managing Director James Trueman announced Ocean Tomo’s next generation intellectual property auction platform. Ocean Tomo created the live multi-lot IP auction marketplace in 2006, exiting the auction business in 2009, and has now returned […]
Intellectual Property Valuation in the Context of a Global Economy
The global landscape of intellectual property (IP) is highly complex and difficult to navigate. The ability of IP holders to obtain, retain, exploit, and enforce their IP rights can vary substantially from one country to another. The quality of a country’s IP environment is measured both by the existence of relevant IP policy and regulation […]