Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held, has nine experts named to the 2026 IAM Strategy 300, the industry guide to the world’s leading intellectual property strategists. The honorees are Gregory Campanella, John A. Hudson, David Kennedy, Brian W. Napper, Larry Tedesco, Ozer Teitelbaum, Marek Wernik, Sam Wiley, and Ryan Zurek. Together they represent all […]
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Ocean Tomo Insights Series: Strategies for Standard Essential Patents (Part 3 of 4)
This article is the third in a four-part Ocean Tomo Insights series focused on strategies for managing standard essential patent (SEP) portfolios, litigation, and licensing. Each installment addresses a specific stakeholder group including implementers, innovators, outside counsel, and suppliers. The articles explore how understanding SEP related technical analysis and FRAND royalty rates can support proactive risk assessment, strategy, and positioning in SEP disputes In this third article, we examine […]
Software Reverse Engineering and Dynamic Testing for Evidence of Use
In a previous article, I introduced the three primary approaches for establishing Evidence of Use (EoU) in patent matters involving software and firmware: analysis of publicly available information, device and application testing, and reverse engineering. That piece outlined what each approach involves and when each is most appropriate. This article goes deeper into the software […]
Ocean Tomo Insights Series: Strategies for Standard Essential Patents (Part 2 of 4)
This article is the second in a four-part Ocean Tomo Insights series focused on strategies for managing standard essential patent (SEP) portfolios. Each installment will address a specific stakeholder group — implementers, innovators, outside counsel, and suppliers — and explore how understanding technical standards, SEPs, and technical analysis can support proactive risk assessment, litigation defense, […]
Ocean Tomo Insights Series: Strategies for Standard Essential Patents (Part 1 of 4)
This article is the first in a four-part Ocean Tomo Insights series focused on strategies of managing standard essential patent (SEP) assertions. Each installment will address a specific stakeholder group — implementers, innovators, outside counsel, and suppliers — and explore how understanding technical standards, SEPs, and technical analysis can support proactive risk assessment, litigation defense, and strategic positioning in SEP disputes. […]
Two Leading Patent Business Intelligence & Intellectual Property Strategists Join Ocean Tomo, a Part of J.S. Held
Timothy D. Dorney, Ph.D. and Sam Wiley have joined Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held to co-lead the firm’s Specialty Services team, which combines technical excellence, patent expertise, and business acumen to partner with in-house corporate IP groups, outside counsel, and financial institutions to dig into complex systems. Dr. Timothy D. Dorney, Ph.D., the […]
Software and Firmware Reverse Engineering & Testing
Understanding how hardware and firmware/software work together to perform desired functions or tasks is an important enabler to unlocking the value of intellectual properties in the systems (including embedded systems) area. Many patents require both hardware and certain algorithmic features which are often implemented in firmware. Based on an understanding of various embedded systems and […]
Defending Against Competitive Threats: How Reverse Engineering Services Saved this Software Business
In 1992, there was a high-profile U.S. software copyright case involving Nintendo’s NES video game console and cartridges. Reverse engineering services played a big part in the legal proceedings. The backstory goes like this … Nintendo developed a security system for their NES, so that only video games they developed would operate on the NES. […]