M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on Facebook, Inc.

Date:  Fri, 2012-02-10

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – February 10, 2012 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on Facebook, Inc.

Following Facebook’s February 1, 2012 filing for an Initial Public Offering, the market is wondering if Facebook’s quest for public status will paint an even bigger patent litigation target on its back. Is Facebook’s $100 billion valuation protected? Facebook itself certainly doesn’t seem to think so. After all, over 65% of Facebook’s portfolio was originally issued to other entities (e.g., they were NOT the source of innovation). Even more troubling, in the past 18 months, Facebook’s patent filings have increased nearly 800% versus their ENTIRE cumulative 8-year history (over 410 US patent applications in the past 18 months versus 56 issued US patents). Given this massive effort to protect itself retroactively, will Facebook be looking for its own “Motorola Mobility” soon?

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 Facebook, Inc. can be found HERE.