M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on the Intellectual Property of Isilon Systems, Inc.

Date:  Wed, 2010-09-22

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on the Intellectual Property of Isilon Systems, Inc.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – September 22, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of Isilon Systems, Inc. M&A activity in the technology sector has heated up dramatically in the past month as companies scramble to strengthen their IP positions and acquire key personnel. News of imminent rollups in the storage and security sectors specifically has driven speculation into the identity of the next impending targets.

One potential acquisition target is Isilon Systems. Isilon is a data storage provider with proprietary clustered hardware and software systems. One of their main product offerings is their OneFS distributed file system, based off of FreeBSD, which is the operating system that powers their hardware product offerings. Isilon fits the profile as a potential acquisition target for information technology giants such as HP, Dell, or Oracle; in fact, in the wake of Dell’s failed bid for 3PAR, analysts identified Isilon Systems by name as a potential replacement. The Netezza acquisition has only further heightened the buzz around Isilon, whose stock is up over 200% for the year.

The big question, however, is whether investors and potential suitors have priced IP risk into their market valuations of Isilon Systems. Current market trends are based on the perceived value of Isilon’s proprietary positions and offerings in their space. How unique and novel are these offerings, however? An analysis of Isilon’s IP is in order to better address this question.

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 Isilon Systems, Inc. can be found HERE

MOU on Cooperation was signed today

Date:  Mon, 2010-09-20

MOU on Cooperation was signed today

Ulaanbaatar – 20 September, 2010 –– M–ICP entered into an agreement on cooperation with the Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS). Dr. T. Galbaatar, Scientific Secretary of MAS on behalf of MAS and Ms. D. Nergui, Chairman and CEO of M–ICP on behalf of M–ICP signed this MOU. The main objective of this cooperation is to contribute to economic development of the country through innovation commercialization and promotion of and support to technology transfer and deployment, in the area of clean energy and manufacturing of organic products, promotion of nano technology in particular. Professor B. Enkhtuvshin, President of MAS, Dr. T. Dorj, Vice President of MAS, Mr. Ch. Otgochuluu, Director of EPCRC, Mr. G. Altangerel, Innovation expert of MAS, Ms. B. Lakshmi, Manager of EPCRC and Mr. Ch. Batsukh, Director of Technology Incubator of MAS were presented in this Signing ceremony.

NDIC Chairman supports M-ICP initiative

Date:  Fri, 2010-09-17

NDIC Chairman supports M–ICP initiative

17 September, 2010 –– Ms. D. Nergui, Chairman and CEO of M–ICP meets with Dr. Ch. Khashchuluun, Chairman of the National Development and Innovation Committee. Dr. Khashchuluun finds M–ICP business initiative in the area innovation financing – use of intangible assets as loan collateral, technology and vendor qualification, research commercialization and global technology transfer important for Mongolia’s future development and expresses his and NDIC readiness to cooperate with M–ICP in these areas. Mr. B. Arvinbayar, Head of Private Sector and Innovation Policy Division and Mr. Otgochuluu, Director of ECRC attended this meeting. Ms. Nergui was invited to attend a conference on “Innovation and Development” for decision makers to be held next week which is a joint effort of NDIC, UNESCO and ISTIC.

Dr. Ch. Khashchuluun was a Dean of School of Economic Studies, Mongolian National University prior becoming a Chairman of NDIC and is one of leading economists of Mongolia who is a strong believer of making Mongolia as one of countries with accelerated rate of growth in the coming years to come and for prosperity of Mongolia.

Chairman of the Economic Policy Standing Committee of the Parliament extends his support to M-ICP initiatives

M-ICP CEO meets with First Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia

Meeting with professors of the Mongolian National University

Date:  Thu, 2010-09-16

Meeting with professors of the Mongolian National University

16 September, 2010 ––Ms. Nergui Dorj, Chairman and CEO of M–ICP meets with Dr. Ganzorig Chimed, Vice President of Research and Innovation, Dr. Galtbayar Artbazar, Vice President of International Relations and Cooperation, and Ms. Battsengel Baatar, Head of Department, Faculty of Chemistry Department of Chemical Technology of the Mongolian National University today. This meeting also attended by Mr. Otgochuluu, Director of ECRC. Professors appreciated for M–ICP initiative and expressed their interest in future cooperation between the two institutions.

Dr. Ganzorig, a graduate of Mongolian National Univercity and the Tokyo Institute of Technology and an engineer by background. Dr. Galtbayar is a mathematician and graduated from Moscow National University and the University of Tokyo. Dr. Battsengel, A Doctor of Chemistry graduated from Mongolian National University and the Institute of Technical Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry of RWTH Aachen, Germany.

Meeting with Head of the General Authority for State Registration

Date:  Thu, 2010-09-16

Meeting with Head of the General Authority for State Registration

16 September, 2010 –– CEO meets with L. Munkhbaatar, Chairman of the General Authority for State Registration. Mr. Munkhbaatar invited M–ICP CEO to visit his office next week.

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on the Intellectual Property of ArcSight, Inc.

Date:  Thu, 2010-09-16

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on the Intellectual Property of ArcSight, Inc.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – September 16, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of ArcSight, Inc. On September 13, 2010, Hewlett–Packard entered into an agreement to buy ArcSight, a leading security and compliance management company, for $43.50 per share, for a total purchase price of $1.5 billion. ArcSight had been shopping itself around to several large technology companies, several of which reciprocated in their interest. In fact, a number of ArcSight shareholders are concerned that ArcSight and its board may have breached their fiduciary duties by entering into an agreement with HP before they has properly shopped for a deal, a process that would provide better value for the shareholders. In the rush to get a deal done, the agreed–upon purchase price of $43.40 a share may have been derived from an incomplete assessment of the assets of the company and the synergy value possible with other parties.

The clamor raised by ArcSight’s shareholders raises a valid question – is HP the best fit for ArcSight, or would another suitor be a better match? From a pure business operation standpoint, the value of a turn–key security management solution like ArcSight to HP or any of these aforementioned companies is readily evident with regard to potential enterprise product and service offerings. However, it is crucial to discern whether this is in the best interests of HP in the long run; HP is inserting itself into a high–traffic arena surrounded on all sides by companies that have a much stronger position in the space and may increase their litigation risk arising from third–party intellectual property. An analysis of ArcSight’s IP is in order to better address this question.

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 ArcSight, Inc. can be found HERE

Chairman of the Economic Policy Standing Committee of the Parliament extends his support to M-ICP initiatives

Date:  Thu, 2010-09-16

Chairman of the Economic Policy Standing Committee of the Parliament extends his support to M–ICP initiatives

16 September, 2010 –– Ms. Nergui meets Mr. Ts. Bayarsaikhan, Chairman of the Economic Policy Standing Committee of the Parliament today. Chairman of the Parliament Standing Committee extends his support to M–ICP initiative which he finds very much in line with state policies on Innovation promotion and technology commercialization. He accepted the M–ICP request for a meeting with Dr, David E Martin, Chairman of M·CAM Inc and Mr. David Pratt, President of M·CAM during their up–coming official visit to Mongolia. Mr. Otgochuluu, Director of ECRC and Ms, Ts. Enkhtuya, Vice President of MNBIF also attended this meeting in the capacity of representatives of M–ICP Alliances.

Mr. Bayarsaikhan was A Deputy Governor of Umnugobi aimag from 1990–1996, Parliament member 1996–2000 and 2004 to present. He also was a Minister of Social Welfare and Labor between 2004 and 2006.

M-ICP CEO meets with Parliament member

Scientific researcher finds M-ICP business model as much needed service in Mongolia

Date:  Wed, 2010-09-15

Scientific researcher finds M–ICP business model as much needed service in Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar – 15 September, 2010 –– M–ICP CEO meets with Mr. B. Bat–Erdene, Scientific researcher of the Physics Faculty of the Mongolian National University at his request. Mr. Bat–Erdene who has done some research on nano technology appreciates for M–ICP initiative and expressed his interest in cooperating with M–ICP.

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Global Innovation Commons News in Mongolian

Date:  Mon, 2010-09-13

Global Innovation Commons News in Mongolian

13 September, 2010 –– M–ICP started its monthly postings of some of “Global Innovation Commons” news on different innovations around the world from http://www.globalinnovationcommons.org in our website in Mongolian for Mongolian entrepreneurs and other interested audience.

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M-ICP CEO meets with Mr. Trevor Siddali of Oyu Tolgoi

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on the Intellectual Property of Rockwell Collins and the Proposed Permanent R&E Tax Credit Extension

Date:  Fri, 2010-09-10

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on the Intellectual Property of Rockwell Collins and the Proposed Permanent R&E Tax Credit Extension

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – September 10, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of Rockwell Collins and the proposed permanent R&E Tax Credit Extension. On September 7, 2010, President Barack Obama addressed the nation with his plan to create jobs via a $350 billion plan, part of which included a $100 billion permanent extension of the federal tax credit for businesses’ research and development costs.

Large corporations are often the prime beneficiaries of this tax credit, rather than smaller companies that actually create far more jobs. One such large corporation that has aggressively supported and used the R&E Credit is Rockwell Collins, an aerospace and electronic communication technology provider. For all of Rockwell’s advocacy supporting the credit, neither the IRS nor any other part of the Federal Government can verify that Rockwell Collins has not taken a Research and Experimentation tax credit based on innovations founded on abandoned, Government–owned or client–sponsored public domain innovation which would constitute a violation of the Internal Revenue Code.

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 Rockwell Collins and the Proposed Permanent R&E Tax Credit Extension can be found HERE

G.I.C. Challenge: Arkhangai Cold Storage

Date:  Fri, 2010-09-10

G.I.C. Challenge: Arkhangai Cold Storage

10 September, 2010 –– To find out more please visit http://www.globalinnovationcommons.org/blog and http://www.globalinnovationcommons.org if you have contributions, suggestions or ideas send an e-mail at kad@m-cam.com, so your suggestions or ideas will be posted.

Deputy Chairman of the National Development and Innovation Committee welcomes M-ICP initiative

Date:  Thu, 2010-09-09

Deputy Chairman of the National Development and Innovation Committee welcomes M–ICP initiative

Ulaanbaatar – 9 September, 2010– – Ms. Nergui, CEO meets with Mr. L. Zorig, Deputy Chairman of the National Development and Innovation Committee (http://www.ndic.gov.) today. Mr. Zorig appreciated for M–ICP new initiative towards opening new opportunities for development and wealth creation and agreed in principle, to organize a joint workshop on Innovation and Technology in the beginning of October 2010.

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M-ICP and the Mongolian Bankers Association agreed to organize a joint workshop on Innovation Financing

Date:  Wed, 2010-09-08

M–ICP and the Mongolian Bankers Association agreed to organize a joint workshop on Innovation Financing

Ulaanbaatar – 8 September, 2010 –– M–ICP Founding CEO meets Mr. Z. Shagdarsuren, Secretary General of the Mongolian Bankers Association (MBA) today. Parties agreed to organize a workshop on Innovation Financing jointly during the Official Visit of leadership of M·CAM, the global leader in integrating Innovation and Innovation assets into effective capital solutions.

MBA (http://www.mba.mn) is an independent, non–profit, non–government organization that established by banking and non–banking financial institutions with the purpose of serving its members. The main objectives of MBA are: (i) protect common and legal interest and rights of members; (ii) coordinate and guide members on policy issues facing banking and financial industry; (iii) promote sound and efficient development of the financial sector.

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M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on the Intellectual Property behind Sanofi-Aventis’ proposed acquisition of Genzyme

Date:  Wed, 2010-09-08

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on the Intellectual Property behind Sanofi–Aventis’ proposed acquisition of Genzyme

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – September 8, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of the Genzyme Corporation (NASDAQ:GENZ) On August 30th French drug maker Sanofi–Aventis SA (NYSE:SNY) went public with their offer to acquire Genzyme (NasdaqGS:GENZ) a Cambridge, Massachusetts based biotech company. The offer, at $69 dollars a share for a $18.5 billion total price, was rejected by Genzyme.

Sanofi–Aventis will have to fully consider the potential liabilities associated with owning Genzyme’s intellectual property before increasing their bid. Genzyme has faced a slew of troubles recently and the cracks run deeper than the surface.

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 Genzyme’s patents can be found HERE

Genzyme has over 450 active U.S. patents – all of which have been analyzed by M·CAM and are available in a limited edition M·CAM Triage™. If you wish to purchase the whole portfolio analysis, please contact info@m-cam.com.

M-ICP CEO meets with Mr. Khurelsukh Nyamgarav, Advisor to the First Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia

Date:  Tue, 2010-09-07

M–ICP CEO meets with Mr. Khurelsukh Nyamgarav, Advisor to the First Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar – 7 September, 2010 –– Tripartite meeting on Innovation promotion was held today in Central Tower. This meeting was attended by Mr. N. Khurelsukh, Advisor to the First Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia, Mr. Ch. Otgochuluu, Director of Economic Policy and Competitiveness and Research Center (ECRC) and Ms. D. Nergui, CEO of M–ICP. Mr. Khurelsukh appreciated M–ICP initiative toward creation of environment for innovation promotion, innovation commercialization, strategic innovation, including TCO and innovation financing. He stressed that it is important for number of reasons (i) 2010 is a Year of improving business environment; (ii) there is a clear need for improving and creating a new infrastructure necessary for reducing the cost of doing business in Mongolia and innovation commercialization; (iii) There is a government policy on outsourcing some of government functions to private sector and NGOs. In the end of this meeting Mr. Khurelsukh expressed his support to ECRC and M–ICP joint efforts to organize a workshop on Innovation and Technology in September 2010 which can help stakeholders share their views on how innovation promotion agenda of the government can be moved forward through collaborative efforts.

Office of the First Deputy Prime Minister (http://www.pmis.gov.mn) is in charge of number of important areas, including State Civil and Legal entity registration, and Intellectual Property and Rights registration and management.

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High-tech specialist appreciates for M-ICP initiative and willing to cooperate with M-ICP for development

Date:  Tue, 2010-09-07

High–tech specialist appreciates for M–ICP initiative and willing to cooperate with M–ICP for development

Ulaanbaatar – 7 September, 2010 –– Ms. Nergui Dorj, Founding CEO meets with Mr. Buyantsgtoo, Ts, President of Mongolian Software Industry Association (MOSA http://www.mosa.mn) and Founder of USI Inc – Software Development Company of Mongolia today. Mr. Buyantsogtoo found M–ICP business model very interesting and much needed service for Mongolia, business community in particular. He also expressed his willingness to cooperate with M–ICP in number of areas, including advocacy for innovation commercialization and improved ecosystem for reducing cost of doing business in Mongolia and use of intangible assets for regulated financial markets.

Mr. Buyantsgotoo is a graduate of Hokkaido University, Japan and PhD student of University of Phoenix majoring Information Systems Management.

USI Inc (http://www.usi.mn/index.php?lang=en) is one of Mongolian leading Software Development Company working not only in Mongolian markets, but also in international markets, including Japan and USA.

Mongolia has over 5000 software engineers working in over 60 IT companies and number of yearly university graduates specialized in IT filed reached 1200.

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