M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on Intellectual Ventures’ U.S. Patent No. 5,987,610

Date:  Thu, 2010-12-16

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on Intellectual Ventures’ U.S. Patent No. 5,987,610

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – December 16, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of Intellectual Ventures highlighted in Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. et al. 10–cv–01067. On December 8, 2010 Intellectual Ventures filed three separate patent infringement lawsuits against a total of nine companies. One of the defendants is McAfee, Inc. To the casual observer, this may seem to be the first time Intellectual Ventures has asserted its patent portfolio against others. Actually, Intellectual Ventures has been initiating patent litigation for years against other entities via several of their thousand innocuous, generically–named shell corporations and associated entities.

The question stands: are Intellectual Venture’s infringement claims against McAfee and its co–defendants valid, or will potential weaknesses in their asserted patents undermine their mission to coerce companies to license their portfolio? Using the M·CAM DOORS™ software platform, the innovation space surrounding the asserted patents was examined in order to understand their strength and defensibility in the face of prior and concurrent art innovations.

M·CAM’s Patently Obvious™ is a weekly report providing visibility into potentially unconsidered alternatives, including art in the public domain, to patent holdings across a variety of technology areas.

M·CAM, Inc. is a global, full–service intellectual property and rights (IP&R) and intangible asset financial services firm. We provide the technical and financial systems that allow public and private markets to use IP&R and IA for regulated transactions in banking, securities, insurance, and public innovation investment and technology procurement. From our pioneering work in creating the world’s first standards–based innovation collateralization financial products for banking and securities to our work in grassroots innovator enablement and patent quality assurance programs, M·CAM provides the mechanism to balance the interests of public and commercial sectors to support and build thriving economies.

The M·CAM Patently Obvious™ report on Intellectual Ventures v. McAfee can be found HERE