Dr. David Martin’s Appearance on The Traders Network Radio Program/Clear Channel-Dallas (12/28/2012)

Date:  Fri, 2012-12-28

Last Friday (12/28/2012) Dr. David Martin spoke with Michael Yorba of Yorba Media about the inner workings of M·CAM, Inc., Kodak and Alcatel-Lucent’s patent portfolios, social media patents and the on-going Apple/Samsung smartphone patent wars. To listen to the full interview, please see below:

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Preliminary European Parliament Report Published

Date:  Thu, 2012-12-27

BRUSSELS, BE & CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – M·CAM releases Preliminary Report commissioned by The Greens | European Free Alliance consortium within the European Parliament entitled, “Questionable Outputs from the European Patent Office: EPO Strains on EPC Articles 52 and 53.”

In December 2012, M∙CAM, Inc. was tasked by The Greens|EFA in the European Parliament to analyze, on a preliminary basis, certain outputs of the European Patent Office (EPO) that may be problematic in the context of the patentability standards of the European Patent Convention (EPC), Articles 52 and 53. To do so, M∙CAM aggregated a total of 482,102 patent issuances from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in eighteen selected US classification codes, and determined if European equivalents for any of those documents existed.

Read the Full Report HERE.

Dr. David Martin’s Interview on Bloomberg (12/27/2012) Discussing Carnegie Mellon’s Patent Win

Date:  Thu, 2012-12-27

On December 27, 2012 Dr. David Martin appeared on Bloomberg West with Cory Johnson where he discussed a jury’s verdict to order Marvell Technology Group Limited to pay $1.17 billion in damages that could be tripled on integrated-circuit technology held by Carnegie Mellon University. The full length interview can be viewed HERE.

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® Bulletin on the Alcatel-Lucent Financing

Date:  Fri, 2012-12-21

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA December 21, 2012 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® Bulletin on the Alcatel-Lucent Financing

Alcatel-Lucent’s (ALU) financial troubles drove it to seek financing from Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs this quarter. Since the struggling telecom company is unable to slow its cash burn, ALU may use its 29,000 patent portfolio as security for $2.1 billion of senior secured financing. They include the intellectual property (IP) originally developed by Bell Labs. Earlier this year, ALU attempted to monetize its portfolio by announcing a preliminary deal with RPX, but as yet no formal deal has been announced. This Patently Obvious™ Bulletin exposes critical information which could impact the proposed transaction.

ALU needs better visibility into where the real commercial values exist in their IP portfolio. As they pursue this financing, the company would be well served to actually identify its real market opportunities as well as the stringent regulatory controls on their assets. There are specific legal and security concerns for ALU as it ponders the use of its IP as security for the credit it seeks. Both the United States (U.S.) and French governments have cause to be concerned on any potential transfer of national security-related IP, which ALU has in great volume. Both governments have the means to prevent the deal from going through.

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® Bulletin on the Alcatel-Lucent Financing can be found HERE.

M·CAM, Inc. releases the 7th edition of The Navigare Newsletter

Date:  Tue, 2012-12-18

Today M·CAM, Inc. released the 7th edition of The Navigare — one of the most fascinating editions to date. Inside this volume readers will learn what modern day sentiment analysis is lacking, hear the latest updates from our collaboration with the Kevin Rohan Memorial Eco Foundation, discover an alternative logic for assessing value, and become acquainted with Hylo, an idea accelerator that helps people imagine and build together within and between communities of purpose — To name a few topics covered inside this edition of The Navigare. If you are interested in being added to our newsletter mailing list, please contact Denise Holman at dlh@m-cam.com.

Download a copy HERE or view as a magazine HERE

Bloomberg West Lead Story Featuring M-CAM’s Dr. David Martin: “Google, Apple to Pay More Than $500M for Patents”

Dr. David Martin to Appear LIVE on Bloomberg Tonight Discussing Google and Apple’s Interest in Purchasing Kodak Patents

Date:  Sun, 2012-12-09

TONIGHT at 6:00 PM EST Dr. David Martin will be appearing LIVE on Bloomberg Television where he will be discussing Google and Apple’s plans to team up to buy Kodak’s digital imaging patent portfolio for more than $500M. Dr. Martin will be providing his insight as to why these two entities may be joining forces to buy the digital imaging patents and the negative effects that could have on public policy. The LIVE footage can be viewed HERE.

To read more about M·CAM’s understanding of the Kodak portfolio, please read our most recent Patently Obvious® Reports:

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

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on the Eastman Kodak $830m Financing Offer

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.

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on the Eastman Kodak $830m Financing Offer

Date:  Fri, 2012-11-30

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA November 30, 2012 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on the Eastman Kodak $830m Financing Offer

When the Steering Committee of the Second Lien Noteholder’s Committee offered to provide Kodak with an $830 million loan, an offer that was accepted by the company on November 30, 2012, it probably acted in good faith. What’s wrong with the Committee’s offer? For starters, the mandatory sale for $500 million may or may not happen. It may be that certain patent aggregators are angling to benefit from out-bidding the late summer order-of-magnitude discount with a complex set of litigation avoidance licenses which may add up to the price target. Whether the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission’s public workshop on Patent Assertion Entities on December 10, 2012 tempers this strategy remains to be seen. Whether the DoJ actually decides to take the Sherman Act seriously or not will undoubtedly impact the ultimate market value (to Kodak or the unlucky buyer). In any case, it’s reasonable to assume that Lasinski’s stratospheric valuation will suffer an unintended demise and unlike Marat’s, this one will be self-inflicted.

The M·CAM Patently Obvious® report on the Eastman Kodak $830m financing offer can be found HERE.

Dr. David Martin Interviewed by OffPlanet Radio’s Randy Maugans (11/25/2012)

Date:  Tue, 2012-11-27

On Sunday, Dr. David Martin was interviewed by OffPlanet Radio’s Randy Maugans about the present day economic system, why it will not finance its own demise, and the alternative perspective to genuine breakthrough. To listen to the entire interview, please visit http://offplanetradio.com/podcast/david-martin-global-breakthrough-energ… or

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To download the full audio, please visit: http://www.divshare.com/direct/20958865-b06.mp3

Chairman Dr. David Martin Quoted in Financial Times Regarding Apple/HTC Settlement

Live Stream Breakthrough Energy Movement Conference

Date:  Sat, 2012-11-10

Dr. David Martin is participating in the International Breakthrough Energy Movement (BEM) Conference this weekend in Amsterdam. The conference will address challenges humanity faces that are systemic and grounded in archaic systems and structures in the areas of energy, economy, government, social, and environmental. Dr. Marin’s presentation at the BEM conference is entitled “Quantum Disentanglement: Emancipating the Economics from Edison and Einstein to Everyone” and he will unveil the anatomy of the incumbent systems of economic controls and present a practical plan to an ethical framework for Phase and State Coherent Economical Power at Human Scale. To listen to the live stream event for $20.00, please visit: http://globalbem.com/stream

Dr. David Martin to Present at the Women in Housing and Finance Brown Bag Lunch (11/14/2012)

Date:  Thu, 2012-11-08

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA & Washington D.C. – On Wednesday, November 14, 2012, M·CAM Chairman David Martin will be presenting at the Women in Housing and Finance Brown Bag Lunch event. Other speakers include James Loder, SVP & Chief Underwriting Officer Complex Situational Risk Insurance (CSI), and Brian O’Hara, former CEO of XL Capital Ltd.The topic for the event is: “Attracting Tier 1 Capital to Banks by Bringing Liquidity to Innovation Assets.”

Topic Background: America’s innovation assets — patents, trademarks, copyrights, permits, licenses, contract rights, etc. — are completely encumbered within senior secured bank loans and yet none of that asset value is counted by regulators when they look at bank capital reserves.

The mispricing of risk around these innovation assets has created a market opportunity for highly rated counterparties to provide liquidity to banks. At the event, we will discuss such a liquidity bridging mechanism. As evidenced by transactions like the sale of Nortel’s patents for $4.5 billion out of bankruptcy and Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion “primarily for their patents”, there is significant latent value for which banks, and their job creating corporate borrowers, are not benefiting.

Speaker Bios:

Dr. David E. Martin, Founder and Chairman of M·CAM Inc., the international leader in innovation finance, trade, and intangible asset finance. Dr. Martin is a Batten Fellow at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration.

James Loder, SVP & Chief Underwriting Officer Complex Situational Risk Insurance (CSI), leads XL Group’s CSI team. He focuses on the creation of novel solutions for complex and unique non-traditional insurance risks and transactional and contingent liability exposures.

Brian O’Hara, former CEO of XL Capital Ltd., now known as XL Group plc. He served as Chairman of XL’s Board of Directors from 2008 to 2009. He is a prior Chairman of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) and is a Director/member of the Executive Committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce.

For questions on the program content, please contact Ken Dabkowski at (434) 979-7240 x366 or kad@m-cam.com. Please call the WHF office with any other questions.

Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Location: Pepper Hamilton, LLP, 600 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005

Directions: Metro Center (Red/Blue/Orange)

Cost: Complimentary, WHF Members Only. Not a member? Call WHF at 703-683-4742 and we would be happy to assist in getting you signed up for membership.

RSVP: Please RSVP no later than 12:00 pm, Tuesday, November 13, 2012.

Dr. David Martin to Present at OECD Conference (11/26 – 11/27/2012)

Date:  Wed, 2012-10-31

Dr. David Martin has been invited to speak at the Knowledge Networks and Markets OECD conference which is going to be held in Paris November 26 and 27, 2012. The conference will bring together experts from around the world to discuss how knowledge networks and markets are arrangements which govern the transfer of various types of knowledge, including intellectual property, know-how, software code or databases, between autonomous parties across the economy. Dr. Martin will be participating in Session II – Bringing Innovations onto The Market and the Role of Knowledge Networks and Markets. The session will highlight how knowledge marketplaces may help ideas get onto the market, by means of facilitating the interaction of innovators and entrepreneurs.

To read more about the conference, please visit:http://www.oecd.org/innovation/innovationinsciencetechnologyandindustry/…

Dr. David Martin will Participate in the International Breakthrough Energy Movement Conference (11/9 – 11/11/2012)

Date:  Tue, 2012-10-30

Dr. David Martin has been invited and will participate in the International Breakthrough Energy Movement (BEM) Conference November 9 – 11, 2012 hosted in Amsterdam. The conference will address challenges humanity faces that are systemic and grounded in archaic systems and structures in the areas of energy, economy, government, social, and environmental. Traditional ways of interacting within the world have become increasingly unsustainable and unviable, and are in need of transformation. The good news is humanity has reached a tipping point. The collective consciousness is awakening with a passionate desire to replace disharmony with harmony, scarcity with abundance, harm done with good deeds. Dr. Marin’s presentation at the BEM conference is entitled “Quantum Disentanglement: Emancipating the Economics from Edison and Einstein to Everyone” and he will unveil the anatomy of the incumbent systems of economic controls and present a practical plan to an ethical framework for Phase and State Coherent Economical Power at Human Scale. To learn more about the event and other participants, please visit the Breakthrough Energy Movement website: http://globalbem.com/

M·CAM, Inc. releases Special Bulletin Patently Obvious® on A123 Systems, Inc.

Date:  Fri, 2012-10-26

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – October 26, 2012 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on A123 Systems, Inc.

On Tuesday, October 16, 2012, A123 Systems, Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection and announced plans to sell its automotive battery business to Johnson Controls, Inc. for $125 million. The bankruptcy filing has brought serious public policy and financial issues to the forefront. M·CAM is providing information and analysis on those matters.

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 A123 Systems, Inc. can be found HERE.

Dr. David Martin’s Interview on Bloomberg (10/24/2012)

Date:  Thu, 2012-10-25

On May 6, 2011, M·CAM published a Patently Obvious™ Report on the “Intellectual Property Analysis of Apple Inc.’s U.S. Patent No. 7,469,381” Link: http://bit.ly/RVUTe1. This report called into question the enforceablilty of Apple’s ‘381 patent naming the same patent that M·CAM had identified – – U.S. Patent No. 7,786,975 [‘975], among others, as potentially uncited prior art. As reported in yesterday’s New York Times (http://nyti.ms/QXnlv8) and elsewhere, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has decided in an initial ruling that this patent should never have been granted, confirming the ‘975 patent as limiting prior art. “Claims 1-5, 9-13, and 15-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated” by the ‘975 patent.

Last night, Dr. David Martin appeared on Bloomberg with Bloomberg West’s Cory Johnson. Dr. Martin and Mr. Johnson discussed the patent decision and what can be expected to unfold next in this smartphone war. See the video here: http://bloom.bg/VpIVdD

What does this mean? Using M·CAM’s proprietary financial underwriting systems, M·CAM was able to identify the precise prior art which may have an adverse impact on the appeal of the $1.05 Billion judgement. More amazingly, M·CAM was able to identify this a full 1.5 years before the judgement came in!

What does this mean for YOU? M·CAM’s risk management and underwriting systems can be deployed to identify uncorrelated information and measure the material impact it will likely have on the value of your current and anticipated investments. For more information, please contact us here: info@m-cam.com or 434-979-7240 or visit our website http://www.m-cam.com

M·CAM’s 2011 Contrarian Call on Apple’s ‘381 Patent Validated By USPTO

Date:  Wed, 2012-10-24

On May 6, 2011, M·CAM published a Patently Obvious™ Report on the “Intellectual Property Analysis of Apple Inc.’s U.S. Patent No. 7,469,381” Link: http://bit.ly/RVUTe1. This report called into question the enforceablilty of Apple’s ‘381 patent and identified M·CAM’s lead challenge, U.S. Patent No. 7,786,975, among others, as potentially uncited prior art. As reported in today’s New York Times (http://nyti.ms/QXnlv8) and elsewhere, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has decided in an initial ruling that this patent should never have been granted, confirming the ‘975 patent as limiting prior art. “Claims 1-5, 9-13, and 15-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being anticipated” by the ‘975 patent. The potential invalidation of patent ‘381 could have a significant effect on the billion dollar Apple/Samsung award as well as future litigation.

Dr. David Martin will be appearing LIVE on Bloomberg tonight (6:10 PM EST) with Bloomberg West’s Cory Johnson. Dr. Martin and Mr. Johnson will be discussing the patent decision and what can be expected to unfold next in this smartphone war. Be sure to tune in here: http://www.bloomberg.com/tv/

M·CAM Hosted Mongolian Delegation Featured on Charlottesville’s NBC 29

Date:  Mon, 2012-10-22

Over the weekend, Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj’s Delegation visited Charlottesville to learn more about U.S. presidential campaigns. While they were in town, NBC Affiliate Channel 29 had the opportunity to interview Battsetseg Shagdar, Presidential Advisor and Elbegdorj Institute Think Tank Chair, about democratic progress and transparency in elections. The Mongolian Delegation will be leaving the area today. They will take home information gathered from campaign and government offices, local historical sites, and businesses. After leaving Charlottesville, the Delegation will continue on to Maryland and the District of Columbia. The next Mongolian presidential election is in May 2013. M·CAM’s relationship with Mongolia spans several years, including participating in the President of Mongolia’s International Roundtable on Fair Mineral Development and our strategic partnership with M·ICP (Mongolia Innovation Commons Partners).

To view the interview, please visit: http://www.nbc29.com/story/19875716/mongolian-delegation-visits-cville-t…

M·CAM, Inc. hosts the President of Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj’s Delegation in Charlottesville (October 19 – October 21, 2012)

Date:  Fri, 2012-10-19

This weekend, M·CAM, Inc. will host high-level delegation representing the President of Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj’s policy EBI think tank in Charlottesville, Virginia. M·CAM and the Mongolian Delegation from the EBI Think Tank Institute will be visiting the Charlottesville/Albemarle County headquarters of Democratic candidate President Barack Obama, Republican candidate Mitt Romney, and Fifth District Congressman, Robert Hurt to learn more about the U.S. electoral process. M·CAM’s relationship with Mongolia spans several years, including participating in the President of Mongolia’s International Roundtable on Fair Mineral Development, our strategic partnership with M·ICP (Mongolia Innovation Commons Partners), Dr. David Martin’s Key Note Presentation at the EBI Think Tank Institute, and our most recent collaboration, the greenhouse created in northwest Mongolia from local recycled Mongolian glass was highlighted in several area news outlets including The Daily Progress, Charlottesville Newsplex, and the Nelson County Life Magazine. M·CAM is elated to be reunited with our companions, our colleagues, and our friends from Mongolia. For additional information, please contact David Pratt at djp@m-cam.com or inquire (434)979-7240, extension 350.