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 […]
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Patents for Humanity – New USPTO Humanitarian Initiative
On Wednesday I watched as David Kappos announced the USPTO’s new humanitarian initiative – Patents for Humanity. “Innovation is 99% about failure, which is expensive,” Kappos said. He’s completely right. It is difficult to disseminate knowledge due to the high costs associated with the current patent system. The barriers of entry – both time and […]
Did Google buy Motorola Mobility Primarily for its Patents?
Google (GOOG) agreed to acquire Motorola Mobility (MMI) for $12.5 billion this last summer. Many analysts are puzzled as to why GOOG offered so much, for a business whose sales are a far distance behind Apple and profit margins well below its own. MMI issued a new warning that its smartphone sales are slightly up […]
Quality of issued patents bear out claim that Steve Jobs was a leading innovator
We at Ocean Tomo were shocked and saddened to hear about Steve Jobs’ untimely departure. He has been an inspiration to many of us, setting a bar on what is possible, and challenging us to out innovate everything we’ve ever done before. As an IP professional…