M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on Intellectual Ventures v Nikon

Date:  Fri, 2011-11-04

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – November 4, 2011 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on Intellectual Ventures v Nikon.

As a companion to yesterday’s report, where we lay out the seriousness of non-operating patent licensing entities’ exploitive effects on South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan’s GDP, this analysis drives home the point that the countries in question have an opportunity to stop the abuse of both their companies and their own GDP. For example, let us consider the patents asserted in Intellectual Venture’s recent suit against Nikon to highlight the opportunity that, if these countries banded together to finance reexamination, companies in these countries – either defendants or those with licensing agreements with IV – could likely prevail in invalidation of IV patents using their own portfolios.

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 Nikon can be found HERE.