M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on Kodak and the $500 Million Provisional Bid

Date:  Fri, 2012-12-07

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA December 07, 2012 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on Kodak and the $500 Million Provisional Bid.

While this just may be the next reel in the on-going saga of Kodak’s celluloid dream of destiny initiated when management shunned digital imaging in favor of believing that film would die a much slower death than the market had ordained, this movie is getting more unfocused each day. And to think that it’s all playing out under the cataract-clouded eyes of the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice – neither of whom could actually review this transaction for its anti-competitive effects EVEN IF the material identities of the participants were disclosed. Kodak’s “color management” strategy of the last decade has become message mismanagement and how colorful it’s become. And under the sympathetic bench of U.S. District Judge Harold Baer who dismissed a shareholder lawsuit in early November in which damaged parties alleged that Kodak had made “false and misleading statements”, it appears that Lady Justice is having a “wardrobe malfunction” that would make Janet Jackson and John Ashcroft blush.

M·CAM’s Patently Obvious® is a 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 Kodak and the $500 million provisional bid can be found HERE.