M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc.

Date:  Thu, 2012-04-12

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – April 12, 2012 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc.

On March 27, 2012, Graphics Properties Holdings, the remnant of Silicon Graphics Inc., launched a patent infringement suit against Apple, HTC, LG, RIM, Samsung, and Sony. Despite its non-operating status and troll-like activities, Graphics Properties does hold a decent patent portfolio (read: it’s not perfect, but they do hold early priority to widely used display technologies). What does this mean to these defendants, half of which are already suing each other over patent infringement? Well, let’s just say a price-fixing investigation on e-books doesn’t hold an “e-candle” to the potential of halting production of ANYTHING with a digital screen.

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 Graphics Properties Holdings can be found HERE.