Date: Mon, 2010-12-27
Meeting at Central Tower
Ulaanbaatar – 27 December, 2010 —
CEO meets with Ms. Ariunaa, Deputy Director of Arvin San Tech Ltd today at her request. Senior Executives of two companies agreed that there are number of areas of mutual interest for future cooperation.
Date: Sat, 2010-12-25
M·CAM Aids Technology Commercialization in Danville
December 25, 2010 –– As a new market for electric vehicles and related infrastructure emerges, Danville’s Advanced Vehicle Research Center wants to help guide the charge.
In front of the center’s 16,000–square–foot building on Stinson Drive in the Cyber Park, the AVRC plug–in hybrid Toyota Prius recharges in the parking lot at one of two Coulomb Technologies’ ChargePoint–networked charging stations – first two stations installed in Virginia.
Inside, AVRC Executive Director Richard “Dick” Dell gets a message on his cell phone to let him know the charge is done.
While the available charging stations currently take several hours to half a day to recharge the battery, Dell envisions a future where drivers would pull electric vehicles into gas stations and rest stops to mostly charge up in 20 minutes. Drivers would get an account to use the charging stations and could download an application on their cell phone to find them.
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Date: Wed, 2010-12-22
M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on Kodak’s U.S. Patent No. 7,202,982
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – December 22, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of Kodak highlighted in Eastman Kodak Company v. Shutterfly Inc. 10–cv–01079. Woefully far behind in the digital camera market, Kodak began to focus on breaking into aligned markets, leveraging the strength of its brand name to develop products ranging from digital picture frames to an online photo gallery service. Even in this niche industry, Kodak found itself rubbing elbows with competing services such as HP’s Snapfish and Shutterfly. Unable to substantially differentiate themselves from their competitors, Kodak decided to attempt to leverage its patent portfolio against them. On December 10, 2010, Kodak filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Shutterfly, the popular Internet–based photo publishing service, alleging that Shutterfly infringes on Kodak’s patents by producing and selling image products via its website, Shutterfly.com. Shutterfly wasted no time in filing a similar suit against Kodak claiming infringement of their patents by Kodak’s Kodak Gallery site.
The question stands: are Kodak’s infringement claims against Shutterfly valid, or will potential weaknesses in its asserted patents be the final nails in the coffin for Kodak’s future relevancy in the realm of consumer photography? Using the M·CAM DOORS™ software platform, the innovation space surrounding the asserted patents was examined in order to understand their strength and defensibility in the face of prior and concurrent art innovations.
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 Kodak v. Shutterfly can be found HERE
Ulaanbaatar – 16 December, 2010 –– Ms. D. Nergui attends the Seminar on “International Trade of Mongolian Minerals: Current State and Challenges” jointly organized by the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Institute of International Studies of MAS and the Mongolian Exporters’ Association today. Prof. B. Enkhtuvshin opened this Seminar and Prof. D. Galsandorj, Executive Director of Mongolian Exporters’ Association, Dr. Bat–Erdene, President of the Mongolian Industry Geologists’ Association and Mr. T. Munkhjargal, President of the Mongolian Metallurgists’ Association made presentations on their respective areas, including international markets and Mongolia exports of copper, gold, coal and iron ore. M–ICP CEO comments on PPPs included the support of establishment of Commodity Exchanges in Mongolia, support to recommendations on establishment of copper smelters and other manufacturing facilities for minerals in Mongolia, instead of exporting raw mineral commodities. She advised the Seminar organizers to include a specific section on the introduction of Trade credit offset/Offset/Countertrade for larger procurements in the minerals sector to enable Mongolia to increase its capacity to compete and the technology competence, and a need for increasing capacity of local banks and financial institutions to meet Mongolia’s expanding market demand for financial services in their recommendation Note to the Government for consideration. Ms. Nergui also expressed her concerns which relate to technologies used and/or could be used in the mining sector because of environmental and health problems caused to date and likely to be caused in the future due to heavy mining in the country. She also suggested that it is extremely important for Mongolia to look for waterless technologies and consider using technologies for water recycling due to shortage of water especially in the Gobi region to avoid of further desertification.
Date: Thu, 2010-12-16
M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on Intellectual Ventures’ U.S. Patent No. 5,987,610
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – December 16, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of Intellectual Ventures highlighted in Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. et al. 10–cv–01067. On December 8, 2010 Intellectual Ventures filed three separate patent infringement lawsuits against a total of nine companies. One of the defendants is McAfee, Inc. To the casual observer, this may seem to be the first time Intellectual Ventures has asserted its patent portfolio against others. Actually, Intellectual Ventures has been initiating patent litigation for years against other entities via several of their thousand innocuous, generically–named shell corporations and associated entities.
The question stands: are Intellectual Venture’s infringement claims against McAfee and its co–defendants valid, or will potential weaknesses in their asserted patents undermine their mission to coerce companies to license their portfolio? Using the M·CAM DOORS™ software platform, the innovation space surrounding the asserted patents was examined in order to understand their strength and defensibility in the face of prior and concurrent art innovations.
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. McAfee can be found HERE
Date: Wed, 2010-12-15
Meeting at Mongol 999
Ulaanbaatar – 15 December, 2010 –– M–ICP CEO meets with Mr. L. Ariunbold, CEO of Mongol 999 – the National Consortium today. The main topic of discussion was on possible cooperation of M–ICP with Mongol 999.
Mongol 999. The Mongol 999 has been established in mid 2010 with the primary purpose of promoting PPPs (State–Citizens–National Entrepreneurs) within the framework of Tavan tolgoi coal exploration through engaging national companies in coal exploration and in establishment of coal–chemical complex to insure the real national ownership, highest possible level of economic efficiency, and to ensure that owners of the national mineral resources are benefited most. The Mongol 999 is aiming to become the largest Investment fund of Mongolia in near future. Over 2000 national companies joined the consortium as of December 2010.
Meeting at MAS
15 December, 2010 –– Ms. D. Nergui, CEO met with Dr. T. Galbaatar, Scientific Secretary of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. They exchanged their views about the implementation of the MOU signed in September 2010 among others.
Date: Thu, 2010-12-09
Meeting on Innovation
Ulaanbaatar – 9 December, 2010 –– M–ICP team meets with Representatives of New Century–Energy NGO and CEO of Agro businessman on creation of possible partnership among the two institutions to experiment a new renewable energy technology (wind and compressed air) developed by New Century–Energy NGO experts. It was agreed to organize a field trip to Selenge aimag in the coming weeks.
Date: Wed, 2010-12-08
M·CAM Chairman visit to Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar – 6–8 December, 2010 –– Dr. David E Martin visited Mongolia from 6–8 December, 2010 by the Invitation of EBI Think Thank Institute. During his short visit to Mongolia Dr. David Martin made a Key Note Speech in the Freedom Dinner and made a Speech in the Reception for 250 Business Women organized by the Democratic Women Association. The key points of Dr. David Martin’s Key Note Speech at the Freedom Dinner were “Beyond Freedom to Liberty”, “Beyond Revolution to Transformation”. One important and extremely thoughtful point he made was “If democracy is to be manifest in its true form in Mongolia, this young nation must clearly set down mechanisms to insure that the people’s voice – not the special moneyed interests – are clearly and most powerfully heard”.
During his short visit to Mongolia, Dr. David Martin met umber of high level government officials, including Mr. Z. Enkhbold, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign Policy and National Security of the Parliament, Mr. D. Terbishdagva, Parliament member, Mr. D. Battulga, Head of the President’s Office and Mr. P. Tsagaan, Senior advisor to the President. Dr. David Martin also met with Senior ans mid–level Executives of the Trade and Development Bask of Mongolia on Innovation financing and possibility of future cooperation with TDB.
Chairman of M·CAM, Dr. David Martin Speaks at EBI Think Tank Freedom Dinner
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia –December 6, 2010 –– Dr. David Martin, Chairman of M-CAM speaks at the 2010 Freedom Dinner for the EBI Think Tank Institute.
Date: Thu, 2010-12-02
M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on Apple Inc.’s U.S. Patent No. 5,519,867
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – December 2, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of Apple, Inc. highlighted in Apple Computer v. Nokia Corporation. According to a recent Bloomberg Businessweek report, Apple is the most sued tech company on record since 2008. One viable explanation could be that competitors are (understandably) jealous of the unmatched fervor stirred up by consumers at the slightest hint of a new or updated Apple product. Another explanation, however, may be that these plaintiffs have legitimate claims.
In October of 2009 and in March of 2010, Apple became involved in infringement lawsuits with Nokia and HTC, respectively. Apple has brought infringement claims against both parties to the ITC. Apple presents its case to the ITC in hopes that it will result in an import ban on Nokia devices that use the Symbian and S40 operating systems. Through its own actions, Apple finds its intellectual property in the spotlight and subject to increased scrutiny.
The question stands: are Apple’s infringement claims against Nokia valid, or will the outcome of the patent reexamination process undermine their role as a market leader? Using the M·CAM DOORS™ software platform, the innovation space surrounding the asserted patents was examined in order to understand their strength and defensibility in the face of prior and concurrent art innovations.
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 Apple, Inc. can be found HERE
Date: Wed, 2010-12-01
Meeting at Trade and Development Bank
Ulaanbaatar – 1 December, 2010 –– CEO meets with Mr. B. Medree, CEO of Trade and Development Bank. It was agreed to organize a meeting of M·CAM and M–ICP executives with TDB management team on the Use of intangibles as loan collateral in the second week of December.
M-ICP CEO visits the Institute of Physics and Technology
Ulaanbaatar – 1 December, 2010 –– Ms. D. Nergui met with Mr. S. Bayannasan, Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Physics and Technology (IPT) today and briefed him about M–ICP business, MOU signed with MAS in September 2010 and expressed an interest for cooperation between the two institutions, including some possible joint projects in the area of reduction of air pollution and increasing energy efficiency.
Meeting was also held at the IPT with Mr. G. Sukhbaatar, Chairman, Mr. A. Tuvaandorj, Manager and Mr. J. Adiya, Engineer of the New Century – Energy Foundation at their request. Foundation representatives introduced their new technologies which aimed to reducing air pollution and increasing heat efficiency to Ms. D. Nergui, CEO, B. Bat–Erdene, Technology Expert and L. Enkhbat, IT and Admin Officer of M–ICP. Parties agreed to organize another meeting in the middle of next week.
Date: Mon, 2010-11-29
Meeting at XacBank
Ulaanbaatar – 29 November, 2010 –– M–ICP CEP meets with Mr. L. Soronzonbold, First Deputy CEO and Mr. S. Munkhbold, Director of Retail Banking Division. Partners agreed to organize series of trainings for XacBank staff on collateral enhancement with the focus on understanding the nature of different types of intangible assets that can be used as loan collateral.
Meeting on TCO/Offsets
Ulaanbaatar – 29 November, 2010 –– Ms. D.Nergui met with Mr. D. Tsogt–Ochir, Advisor to the Minister of Finance today. The topic of discussion was the importance of introducing Trade credit offset/offset/countertrade mechanism in Mongolia which can be used as a tool to increase Mongolia’s technology competence, local capacity, create more decent jobs and diversify Mongolia’s economy.
Date: Thu, 2010-11-25
M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious&#!53; on Abbott Labs’ U.S. Patent No. 6,175,752
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – November 23, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of Abbott Labs highlighted in Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc., v. Dexcom, Inc., Civil Action No. 06–514–GMS. On August 11, 2005, Abbott Diabetes Care filed a lawsuit against DexCom over their continuous glucose monitoring system, SEVEN PLUS, claiming that it infringed on four of their patents. Soon after being served with the lawsuit, DexCom put in a request to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for reexamination of the four Abbott patents asserted in the lawsuit, a request that was granted in March of 2006.
The question stands: are Abbott Diabetes Care’s infringement claims against DexCom valid, or will the outcome of the patent reexamination process undermine their role as a market leader? Using the M·CAM DOORS™ software platform, the innovation space surrounding the asserted patents was examined in order to understand their strength and defensibility in the face of prior and concurrent art innovations.
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 Abbott Labs can be found HERE
Date: Thu, 2010-11-18
Meeting with MIH President and Sky Circus Director
Ulaanbaatar – 18 November, 2010 –– Ms. D. Nergui, CEO and Mr. B. Bat–Erdene, Technology expert, M–ICP met with Mr. D. Turbat, President of MIH Group and Mr. Sh. Munkhbayar, Director of Sky Circus on possible business partnership and cooperation.
Date: Thu, 2010-11-18
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – November 18, 2010 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of Rolls-Royce highlighted in Rolls-Royce Plc v. United Technologies Corp., Civil Action No. 10-cv-00457. In May of 2010, Rolls-Royce fired the first salvo across the bow of Pratt & Whitney in what has become a back-and-forth contest between the two aerospace engineering giants. In the initial patent infringement suit, Rolls-Royce alleged that the design of Pratt & Whitney’s fan blades used in its GP7200 engine infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,071,077, held by Rolls-Royce. In September, Pratt & Whitney responded not only with a denial of the allegations of infringement, but also with a countersuit stating that the ‘077 patent is invalid and unenforceable.
Rolls-Royce may face serious repercussions if the claims put forth in the countersuit by Pratt & Whitney hold up in court. Does their intellectual property hold up to close scrutiny? Using the M·CAM DOORS™ software platform, the innovation space surrounding the Rolls-Royce patent in question was examined in order to understand their strength and defensibility in the face of prior and concurrent art innovations.
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 NuVasive, Inc. can be found HERE
Date: Wed, 2010-11-17
Meeting on possible cooperation
Ulaanbaatar – 17 November, 2010 –– M–ICP CEO meets with Dr. S. Lodoisamba, Head of Information and technology faculty of the Mongolian National University, Mr. D. Budkhand, CEO of Altan Suljee Systemus LLC (ASS) today on possible cooperation in the area of joint research and research commercialization. The meeting was also attended by Mr. B. Bat–Erdene, M–ICP staff.
Date: Tue, 2010-11-16
Roundtable meeting on IP Strategy
Ulaanbaatar – 16 November, 2010 –– M–ICP team attended the Roundtable meeting organized by the project team of Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia (IPOM) today. The purpose of the roundtable was to exchange expert views on the current state of IPR system in Mongolia, a need for improved IP system and as well as the draft outline of the IP Strategy of Mongolia. Representatives of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Mongolian Foundation of Science and Technology, Economic Policy and Competitiveness Center, National University of Mongolia and the IPOM staff participated in this meeting. Number of participants suggested that there is no need to have a separate IP Strategy for Mongolia instead it can be a part of the Mongolia’s Innovation Strategy and provided comments about what can be done towards improving the IP system of Mongolia, including the need for creation of a system that can better service innovators, creators and all other interested parties. During this meeting Ms. D. Nergui briefly demonstrated the Global Innovation Commons and explained the importance of using this global open–source knowledge developed by M·CAM which is the M–ICP international partner in addition to other available local and foreign sources for increasing country’s technology competence.
Date: Mon, 2010-11-15
Conference on “The Minerals Law of Mongolia: Development and Trends”
Ulaanbaatar – 15 November, 2010 –– Ms. D. Nergui, M–ICP CEO attends the Conference on “The Minerals Law of Mongolia: Development and Trends” organized the President’s Office in cooperation with Mongolian National Mining Association and the Mining Legislation Research Fund. Representatives of national and local government, private sector, civil society, research institutes participated in this conference. During this conference, majority of participants, including spokespersons stressed the importance of revising the Law on Minerals to make sure that the country and its people most benefited of using its mineral resources and ensuring the environmental sustainability and sustainable development of Mongolia. The importance of introducing the TCO which can help Mongolia to increase its technology competence had been mentioned in his Opening Speech made by Mr. P. Tsagaan, Senior Advisor to the President.
Date: Fri, 2010-11-12
Meeting on possible cooperation
Ulaanbaatar – 12 November, 2010 –– Ms. D. Nergui, M–ICP CEO meets with Mr. D. Turbat, President of the MIH Group today. They exchanged their views on possible collaboration towards innovation support, TCO introduction and a need for technology and vendor qualification.
MIH: Mine info LLC established in 1997 which had been re–structured as MIH group in 2007 is doing a business in the fields of Geology, Prospecting, Mining, Commerce, Financial complex service, Investment banking, life insurance, Venture capital, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Used oil refinery, Construction and Manufacturing of construction materials. http://www.mih.mn/
Date: Thu, 2010-11-11
M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on the Intellectual Property of Network–1 Security Solutions, Inc.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – November 11, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of Network–1 (NSSI.OB). On February 7, 2008 Network–1, a non–practicing entity, brought patent infringement charges against Cisco Systems, Inc. and seven other companies over U.S. Patent No. 6,218,930. On July 19, 2010, Network–1 announced that they had reached a settlement with Cisco, among others. Under the terms of the settlement, Cisco must make an upfront payment to Network–1 as well as royalty payments throughout the term of the ‘930 patent.
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 Network–1’s patents can be found HERE