M·CAM CEO to address State of the World Forum in 2009

Date:  Wed, 2008-12-17

M·CAM CEO to address State of the World Forum in 2009

Charlottesville, VA – December 17, 2008 –– “Networking Creativity to Solve Global Challenges: A 2020 Vision,” November 12 – 14, 2009, at the Washington, D.C. Hilton.

This gathering is designed to catalyze innovative ideas, action oriented people, and enabling technologies required to shape constructive change. The 09 Forum is organized around:

1. addressing global warming–highlighting solutions that already exist;

2. mobilizing the Cultural Creative demographic (please visit the State of the World Forum website to learn more about the research supporting the emergence of this new global social force), and

3. connecting this emergent population that understands the need for urgent and constructive change and the systemic nature of the changes needed with the innovators of enabling technologies that can implement those changes.

The 2009 State of the World Forum will elevate awareness and connect need with innovative resources into a movement of global activism.

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M·CAM Investigation Expands in Healing Technologies from Samoa: Local Botanist Contributes

Date:  Mon, 2008-12-08

M·CAM Investigation Expands in Healing Technologies from Samoa: Local Botanist Contributes

Apia, Samoa &#8211 December 8, 2008 ––Samoan botanist, Arona Faitala Palamo, has revived the debate in a letter to the Samoa Observer yesterday, where he questioned who the rightful owner is. Mr. Palamo has entered the bewildering discussion over intellectual property since another American expert, Dr. David E. Martin, cast doubt as to the benefits Samoa would be getting from the mamala plant.

Mr. Palamo’s warning raises concerns about the numerous taro varieties that agriculturalists here have developed through research throughout the years.

“Did you know that Mr. Cox took three other plants, and who knows how many more, that we used to control skin inflammation and he is working with a pharmaceutical firm for medical uses for two and the third has promising results in the lab against T lymphocytes?” he asks in a letter to the Samoa Observer. “So who owns these plants and all the chemical discoveries from them?”

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M·CAM Predictions on Global Economic Instability Highlighted at Brussels IP Summit 2008

Date:  Fri, 2008-12-05

M·CAM Predictions on Global Economic Instability Highlighted at Brussels IP Summit 2008

Brussels, Belgium – December 5, 2008 –– Presentation by Alberto Barrionuevo. President of AndaLibre (ASOLIF) CEO of OPENTIA

M·CAM Heritable Innovation Trust model included in Pacific Islands SMME Forum Outcomes Document

Date:  Wed, 2008-11-19

M·CAM Heritable Innovation Trust model included in Pacific Islands SMME Forum Outcomes Document

Charlottesville, VA – November 19, 2008 –– The Global Innovation Trust is a mechanism for re-appropriating Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights originating in the PICs but now protected by patent, notably in the USA but also in Japan and the EU. PICs still contain plant and other biological assets that can be used to address global health and energy issues.

American expert highlights intellectual property challenges

American expert highlights intellectual property challenges

November 18, 2008 – Auckland, New Zealand –– An American intellectual property expert, Dr David Martin, says his organisation knows of thousands of cases of multi-national companies patenting traditional remedies from the Pacific.

Dr Martin, the CEO of intellectual property firm M·Cam, says the primary function of current international intellectual property rules is to protect the rights of multi-nationals.

“Our organisation has identified over 3,000 cases where traditional knowledge from remedies, indigenous traditional healing, have been patented and commercialised by multi-national corporations and institutions outside of the Pacific with no benefit flowing back to the Pacific.”

Dr Martin, who recently visited Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Fiji and Samoa, is encouraging governments in the region to set up trusts to register traditional knowledge.

He says the trusts could be set up under existing contract law and would be a more effective way of protecting local knowledge than the inclusion of traditional knowledge clauses in free trade agreements.

American expert highlights intellectual property challenges

Date:  Tue, 2008-11-18

American expert highlights intellectual property challenges

November 18, 2008 – Auckland, New Zealand –– An American intellectual property expert, Dr David Martin, says his organisation knows of thousands of cases of multi-national companies patenting traditional remedies from the Pacific.

Dr Martin, the CEO of intellectual property firm M·Cam, says the primary function of current international intellectual property rules is to protect the rights of multi-nationals.

“Our organisation has identified over 3,000 cases where traditional knowledge from remedies, indigenous traditional healing, have been patented and commercialised by multi-national corporations and institutions outside of the Pacific with no benefit flowing back to the Pacific.”

Dr Martin, who recently visited Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Fiji and Samoa, is encouraging governments in the region to set up trusts to register traditional knowledge.

He says the trusts could be set up under existing contract law and would be a more effective way of protecting local knowledge than the inclusion of traditional knowledge clauses in free trade agreements.

M·CAM, Inc. Launches Patently Obvious® IP Assertion Defense Service

Date:  Mon, 2008-11-17

M·CAM, Inc. Launches Patently Obvious® IP Assertion Defense Service

Charlottesville, Virginia − November 17, 2008−−Today, M·CAM, Inc. announced the Patently Obvious® assertion defense service, a rapid and cost-effective solution empowering companies to defend against patent assertions. The price range of Patently Obvious® is about 1-2% of the average IP litigation cost. M·CAM’s services bring clarity through detailed information to teams considering IP litigation risks. The deliverable contains the identification of the asserted patents’ status, a comprehensive report of unconsidered precedent art related to the asserted patents.

Developed and profitably used to help investors manage undisclosed patent weakness and invalidity, the Patently Obvious® service uses corporate, innovation and financial data integration and expert financial analysis to help find the optimum path to eliminating most, if not all, speculative assertions. Further, in contrast to other industry efforts, the Patently Obvious® service frequently establishes a basis for on-going freedom to operate derived from non-proprietary, public domain priority disclosures thereby reducing future costs.

Founded in 1998, M·CAM, Inc. is the international leader in creating financial solutions for the knowledge economy. M·CAM has worked for over a decade in bringing accountability and reliable risk assessment to the world of intangible risk finance.

For more information: Saul Yeaton info@m-cam.com

M·CAM Proposes Alternative to Patents and Traditional Knowledge Paradigm with the Heritable Knowledge Trust

Date:  Tue, 2008-11-04

M·CAM Proposes Alternative to Patents and Traditional Knowledge Paradigm with the Heritable Knowledge Trust

Charlottesville, Virginia and Suva, Fiji − November 4, 2008 −−Today, M·CAM unveiled its draft legislative framework to establish a basis for the recognition, protection, and stewardship of heritable and indigenous knowledge. This framework, based on existing contract law and jurisprudence, provides WTO and non-WTO countries a legal framework alternative to the regimes of TRIPS, TRIPS Plus and other industrial economy property paradigms with hinder the manifestation of value in most of the world for the benefit of the industrial few.

Pacific Islands have “abundance of wealth”, says intellectual property expert

Date:  Fri, 2008-10-24

Pacific Islands have “abundance of wealth”, says intellectual property expert

Nuku’alofa, Tonga − October 24, 2008 −−PACIFIC Island governments could change their view of their natural wealth, from one of being limited and based mainly on fisheries and agriculture, “to one that we have an abundance of wealth,” believes Dr David Martin an expert on intellectual property, who is visiting Tonga.

International Conventions and local Intellectual Property legislations are one-sided in favour of multinationals, and offer no protection for indigenous knowledge and creativity, he said in Nuku’alofa on October 20.

Dr Martin believed that the USA, the Europeans and Japan did not have the best interests of Tonga and the region in mind when they drafted their rules on Intellectual Property. “Their interest is for the advantage of the multinationals.”

Tonga Urged to Use Global Economic Crisis to its Advantage

Date:  Thu, 2008-10-23

Tonga Urged to Use Global Economic Crisis to its Advantage

Kingdom of Tonga − October 23, 2008 −− PACIFIC island nations are in a good position to take advantage of the current global economic crisis, according to Dr David E. Martin.

Dr Martin, an intellectual property and international finance specialist, said countries in this region were uniquely situated to integrate their industrial, natural and indigenous assets to form a banking and corporate sector that will weather the current crisis.

Instead of being overshadowed by the multinationals and bigger governments, the current economic game plan had put smaller nations on an even keel and as such they could now re-write the rules of how their intellectual property was used.

TCCI presents Tonga Moving Forward – A Fresh Perspective from Dr. David E. Martin

Date:  Sat, 2008-10-18

TCCI presents Tonga Moving Forward – A Fresh Perspective from Dr. David E. Martin

TCCI is pleased to have secured a visit from Dr. David E. Martin to Tonga from 18 Oct − 24 Oct 2008.

Kingdom of Tonga − October 18, 2008 −−Dr Martin is one of the world’s leading thinkers in intellectual property and has a great passion for the Pacific. He believes in enhancing development and growth through valuing the traditional knowledge and untapped intellectual property in the Pacific.

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Samoan Mamala Case Attracts Local Attention

Date:  Sat, 2008-10-18

Samoan Mamala Case Attracts Local Attention

Apia, Samoa − October 18, 2008 −− Following an address to the PIPSO Conference in Samoa, the Samoa Observer published an extensive article on the Mamala / Prostratin case of knowledge gained from indigenous healers which was used in patent filings in the United States and now in several other countries.

M·CAM Executive Chairman David Martin Addresses the PIPSO Conference in Samoa – Challenges Region to Reconsider Aid and Donor Support

Date:  Thu, 2008-10-16

M·CAM Executive Chairman David Martin Addresses the PIPSO Conference in Samoa − Challenges Region to Reconsider Aid and Donor Support

Apia, Samoa − October 16, 2008 −− In an impassioned plea to re-examine the unconsidered models imposed by industrialized countries, Dr. Martin provided a critique of the recent history of dependency and aid, the negative consequences that this had on the Pacific Island Nations, and proposals to explore alternative futures based on the richness of the region.

TAI Spring Side Chat Focuses on Intangible Collateral in Financial Crisis

Date:  Wed, 2008-10-01

TAI Spring Side Chat Focuses on Intangible Collateral in Financial Crisis

Berkeley Springs, WV and Charlottesville, VA &#8722 October 1, 2008 −− Eric Best of Best Partners wrote an opinion piece on Dr. David Martin’s Second TAI Spring Side Chat during which the current credit crisis was discussed in the context of the global financial system. His observations included:

Congress’ move to increase insurance is understandable, reflecting their desire to “Do something now!” to make the general public feel better about the credit crisis and its potential (impending?) impact on their bank accounts. If people wonder, “Hey, what have they done for me lately?” this might give some comfort.

But does it reflect an appropriate grip on reality and a sense of priorities? The FDIC at the end of the second quarter increased the number of problem banks on its watch list from 90 to 117. Others have predicted that over the next few years as many as 400 banks with assets of over $300 billion will fail. Against these potential losses the FDIC has only $45.2 billion in its insurance fund now against total insured deposits of $4.5 trillion.*

Making an adjustment in FDIC insurance to reflect inflation since 1980 seems to ignore the underfunding problem by multiplying it by 2.5. Is this comforting?

Everyone seems to be grappling with different pieces of the problem. Yesterday we drove to West Virginia for a meeting hosted by the Arlington Institute in which Dr. David Martin, chairman of M·CAM and a fellow at the University of Virginia, held forth in a 2-hour disquisition on the state of the markets and the near term future. Life ain’t gonna be like it used to be, according to Dr. Martin.

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U.S. Financial Crisis Speech

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October 2007 Forecast

M·CAM and Vital4Life Launch Innovation4Life in the Netherlands

Date:  Wed, 2008-09-24

M·CAM and Vital4Life Launch Innovation4Life in the Netherlands

Leusden, Netherlands and Charlottesville, Virginia − September 24, 2008 −− On Friday the 19th of September 2008, M·CAM and Vital4Life Holding formed Innovation4Life − a collaboration linking Vital4Life’s market and strategy expertise with M·CAM’s ethical innovation finance and management programs.

Dr. David Martin Addresses Biosimilars 2008 Conference in Washington D.C.

Date:  Mon, 2008-09-22

Dr. David Martin Addresses Biosimilars 2008 Conference in Washington D.C.

Charlottesville, VA − September 22, 2008 −−M·CAM’s Executive Chairman Dr. David Martin will join an international group of intellectual property experts in discussing the changing face of intellectual property in the fields of biotechnology and pharmaceutical development. In his presentation, Dr. Martin will focus on the changing economic conditions in the global pharmaceutical industry closely examining the sustainability of the “merchant bank” models that have been adopted by global dominant brands. With innovation pipelines at all time lows for many global players, new innovations and new business models will add significant volatility in both finance and IP policy.

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David Martin Addresses EU Parliament on Future of Proprietary Economic Models

Date:  Wed, 2008-09-17

David Martin Addresses EU Parliament on Future of Proprietary Economic Models

September 17, 2008 − Brussels, Belgium −−At the invitation of The Greens European Free Alliance in the European Parliament, Dr. Martin is providing a critique of the role of proprietary and intellectual property based economic models as they impact the challenges facing humanity. This address provides an alternative future scenario and action plan to that presented by the EU and EPO sponsored conference on patents and the environmental challenges facing the world held this spring in Slovenia.

Global Financial Risk Management leader, M·CAM, Explains Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac intervention consequences

Date:  Tue, 2008-09-09

Global Financial Risk Management leader, M·CAM, Explains Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac intervention consequences

TAI Alert: 16 – The Next Step in the Unwinding of the Economy

Berkeley Springs, WV − September 9, 2008 −−Yesterdays allegations of US regulator intervention with Freddie and Fannie were reported to be necessary to avert a worsening of the credit market instability. Traders on all the major exchanges alleged to have seen this intervention as a positive indicator of the global financial markets. However, consistent with Dr. David Martin’s scenarios/reports (click on each date for corresponding report), July 2006, November 2007, December 2007, May/July 2008, a greater threat now looms, further destabilizing the global financial markets.

In the last 52 weeks these mortgage industry giants have lost a collective $161 Billion in investor value (Freddie Mac $59.7 B, Fannie May $101.2 B) affecting over 1,500 mutual funds and over 1,300 institutional and capital investors (e.g. banks and insurance companies). A woeful inadequacy on the part of the federal government is the failure to report to the American people and the global markets the actual consequences of the market capital erosion which has already adversely impacted pension funds, retirement funds, insurance and bank liquidity reserves and international sovereign investments. Similar to the Nixon administration’s removal of the Gold Standard, based on international liquidity demands, the erosion of this market value has both economic and political consequence as international investments in these corporations now have significant altered capital stability around the world.

Islands Business journal turns spotlight on Intellectual Property Rights and the WTO / WIPO Regional Impact

Date:  Sun, 2008-09-07

Islands Business journal turns spotlight on Intellectual Property Rights and the WTO / WIPO Regional Impact

LESSEN OBSESSION WITH WTO AND TRIPS

September 7, 2008 − Suva, Fiji &#8722−If a country like India with all its financial resources cannot defend its own basmati rice from being patented by a US company in 2000, then how can one expect countries in the Pacific to defend their innovation, asks Dr David Martin, founding CEO of US-based M·Cam Inc.

The point he was trying to make, as he spoke to ISLANDS BUSINESS, was that there was a misconception in the Pacific region that if all legal systems and right ministers were in place to ensure a healthy, workable Intellectual Property Rights regime, the economy would flourish.

Countries like India and Denmark, he continued, were finding out just how much that belief was costing them. And the Pacific, instead of blindly adopting international trade rules dished out through mechanisms like the WTO’s Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) and the UN’s WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation), might want to change its approach to the issue of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).

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M·CAM Partners with the Center for Human Emergence in proposing the Creation of The Hague Center for Global Governance, Innovation and Emergence.

Date:  Wed, 2008-08-27

M·CAM Partners with the Center for Human Emergence in proposing the Creation of The Hague Center for Global Governance, Innovation and Emergence.

Den Hagg, The Netherlands − Charlottesville, VA −− August 27, 2008 −− M·CAM has joined a team of global emergence leaders in proposing the creation of The Hague Center for Global Governance, Innovation and Emergence. The “Hague Center for Global Governance, Innovation and Emergence” identifies partnerships and aligns initiatives towards a common goal within the wide field of International Development. It will incorporate initiatives from the different thematic policy intentions. It supports the philosophy behind the MFS of a multifaceted, integrated repertoire of complementary strategic interventions by government and civil society, and can make a contribution to its realization. The proposal’s principal author, Peter Merry, stated that, “Through our partnership with M·CAM, we are able to tap into the capacity of the corporate world to provide key technologies without getting caught up in traditional struggles and paralysis around intellectual property. Even more than that, we can access Global Innovation Commons where an alignment of the best knowledge and solutions is made accessible for the public good.”

An opportunity for open comment on the proposal is available at the following website below: