M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on the Ghost of Gordon Gekko: Transparency in Proprietary Advice

Date:  Fri, 2012-03-02

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – March 2, 2012 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on the Ghost of Gordon Gekko: Transparency in proprietary advice.

The FBI is investigating 120 alleged cases of insider trading. During our research into this week’s hot topic of who really owns social networking – Amazon, Facebook, or Yahoo! – we reported that a consulting company holding patents in the social networking / e-commerce space – patents that clearly impact the future business of Goldman’s darling, Facebook. In the knowledge economy, how do traders, consultants, and other professional services selectively use information gained from clients or partners without tripping over ethical and legal obstacles? While insider trading is being investigated for its unfair advantage and market consequence, who is looking at the much more expansive intellectual property question of who really owns and controls client information? We are compelled to take a closer look.

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 Transparency in proprietary advice can be found HERE.