M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on Kolomoki Mounds’ U.S. Patent No. 6,370,535

Date:  Thu, 2011-01-20

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – January 20, 2011 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of Kolomoki Mounds highlighted in Gooseberry Natural Resources LLC v. Advance Magazine Publishers Inc et al.

In June of 2010, a company going by the name of Gooseberry Natural Resources LLC initiated patent infringement lawsuits against several small online press release services, claiming that they infringed on their patented method of generating a press release online. The independent defendants attempted to fight back, pointing out a number of prior art examples on the web from before the patent was ever filed. Interestingly, this lawsuit was eventually voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff by the end of 2010: having tested the waters of patent litigation, Gooseberry now set its sights on bigger targets.

On December 1, 2010, Gooseberry Natural Resources initiated a patent infringement lawsuit using the same patent against larger online news services including Digg, Fark, TechCrunch, Newsvine, and Yahoo, alleging infringement of its “system and method for structured news release generation and distribution.”

Using the M·CAM DOORS™ software platform, the innovation space surrounding U.S. Patent No. 6,370,535 was examined in order to understand its 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 the Kolomoki Mounds patent can be read here

Roundtable discussion on Environmental Sciences for Development of Mongolia

Date:  Tue, 2011-01-18

Ulaanbaatar. Ms. D. Nergui attends the Roundtable discussion on Environmental Sciences for Development of Mongolia in the Government House today. The Roundtable was jointly organized by the Mongolian Academy of Sciences and the Standing Committee on Social Policy, Education, Culture and Sciences of the Parliament. Key note speakers (Dr. J. Amgalan, Dr. S. Enkhbat, Dr. J. Temuujin, Dr. P. Enkhbat and Dr. B. Purevsuren) made presentations on the following topics (i) Results of scientific research in Physics-Mathematics-Chemistry; (ii) The use of Nuclear energy in Mongolia; (iii) Material study for Mongolia development; (iv) Applied mathematics at present and its prospects; (v) Manufacturing possibility of coking coals of Tavan tolgoi and other coal mines and its prospects. M-ICP CEO made some comments during this discussion, including ways to advance scientific research activities and research commercialization through introduction of offset/TCO mechanism, increasing budget support and creation of a needed information database.

MGBC was founded

Date:  Mon, 2011-01-17

Ulaanbaatar. Representatives of major construction, construction material manufacturing, energy, eco building and innovation and technology companies, financial sector, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, professional NGOs agreed to establish a Mongolia Green Building Council today. One of the main goals of this NGO would be to advocate for green development through green building initiative which can contribute to sustainable development of the country. Mr. Da. Ganbold, Vice Mayor of Ulaanbaatar city and Ms. Ulaan, Staff of the Ministry of Roads, Transport, Construction and Urban Development attended this meeting by the invitation of coordinators of this initiative. Founding members agreed to appoint Mr. Da. Ganbold as Chairman and Ms. D. Nergui as Director General of MGBC.

Meeting on Green building council

Date:  Thu, 2011-01-13

Ulaanbaatar. Ms. Nergui, M-ICP and Ms. Erdenechimeg, Khungun Beton met with Mr. Munkhuu, Director General, Energy International (EI) and Mr. Badral, Director of EI. EI executives kindly agreed to join the MGBC founding meeting to be held on Monday of 17 Jan 2011.

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on Interval Licensing’s U.S. Patent Nos. 6,788,314 and 6,034,652

Date:  Thu, 2011-01-13

Meeting With Cathy Silverstein, QED Group

Date:  Wed, 2011-01-12

Ulaanbaatar. CEO meets with Ms. Cathy Silverstein, QED Group today. The meeting was about challenges of Mongolia in the area of financial sector and private sector development.

M-ICP CEO meets with Director of Mon En Co

Meeting on Green building council

Date:  Tue, 2011-01-11

Ulaanbaatar. M-ICP CEO meets with Ms. Erdenechimeg, Chairman of Khungun Beton which is one of largest construction material manufacturing company and Ms. Oyungerel, Director, Local Solution NGO in Central tower. The major topic of discussion was find ways to contribute to increasing heat efficiency and reducing air pollution through citizen’s initiative. It was agreed to establish Mongolia Green Building Council and Ms. Nergui was kindly tasked to coordinate this initiative.

Meeting at EPCRC

Date:  Tue, 2011-01-11

Ulaanbaatar. M-ICP Chief meets with Mr. Otgochuluu, Director of Economic Policy and Competitiveness Research Center on possibility of establishing a Mongolia Green Building Council.

Meeting with CEO of MMC

Date:  Mon, 2011-01-10

Ulaanbaatar. CEO met with Ms. Enkhbayar, CEO of Mongolian Mortgage Corporation today. They discussed about possible cooperation between the two companies which can aim to add value to further development of the financial sector of Mongolia.

Meeting with Creative Engineers

Date:  Thu, 2011-01-06

Ulaanbaatar. Ms. D. Nergui meets with Mr. Tuvaandorj and Mr. Adiya, New Century- Energy NGO at their request. The topic of discussion was about their innovative ideas of Ger area improvement through piloting of increasing heat efficiency, greening and community mobilization. This meeting was also attended by Mr. Bat-Erdene and Mr. Enkhbat, M-ICP.

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on Industrial Technology Research Institute’s U.S. Patent No. 5,714,247

Date:  Wed, 2010-12-29

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on Industrial Technology Research Institute’s U.S. Patent No. 5,714,247

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – December 29, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of the Industrial Technology Research Institute highlighted in Industrial Technology Research Institute et. al. v. LG Corporation et. al. 6:10–cv–00629. LG is no stranger to the courtroom. As one of the most influential consumer electronics companies in the world, LG attracts the attention of companies and individuals looking to get in on a piece of the action. The most recent claim against LG comes from a research group supervised by the Taiwanese Ministry of Economic Affairs. On November 26, 2010, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) filed four patent infringement complaints against LG. The twenty–two patents in the suits cover technologies relating to air conditioners, Blu–ray disc players, LCDs and mobile phones. The Taiwanese company has some familiarity with the ins and outs of the US patent infringement litigation process as evidenced by the fact that the suits were filed in the Eastern District of Texas, a district notorious for being particularly friendly to patent infringement plaintiffs.

The question stands: are ITRI’s infringement claims against LG valid, or will potential weaknesses in the asserted patents be brought to light which could erode its image as a developer of novel technology? 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 Industrial Technology Research Institute v. LG can be found HERE

Meeting at Central Tower

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.

M·CAM Aids Technology Commercialization in Danville

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.

To view the full article, please click HERE

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on Kodak’s U.S. Patent No. 7,202,982

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

M-ICP CEO attends the Seminar on Exports of Minerals

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on Intellectual Ventures’ U.S. Patent No. 5,987,610

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

Meeting at Mongol 999

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.

Meeting on Innovation

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.

M·CAM Chairman visit to Mongolia

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.