M·CAM Chairman Featured on This American Life “When Patents Attack…Part Two!”

Date:  Mon, 2013-06-03

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – M·CAM Chairman Dr. David Martin featured on NPR’s This American Life show entitled, “When Patents Attack…Part Two!”

Program Introduction from NPR: “Two years ago, we did a program about a mysterious business in Texas that threatens companies with lawsuits for violating its patents. But the world of patent lawsuits is so secretive, there were basic questions we could not answer. Now we can. And we get a glimpse why people say our patent system may be discouraging, not encouraging, innovation.”

Listen to the story:HERE

Read the associated Patently Obvious:HERE

M·CAM’s David Pratt featured in today’s Austin Statesman article by Dan Zehr entitled, “In Austin, Cornyn pushes patent-abuse bill”

Date:  Fri, 2013-05-31

As Reprinted from the Austin Statesman, AUSTIN, TX – May 30, 2013 Full Article:HERE.

“Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, met with a group of Austin’s high-tech officials Thursday to collect feedback on a new bill designed to reduce the number of frivolous patents lawsuits brought by “patent trolls.” The Patent Abuse Reduction Act, which Cornyn filed last week, would heighten requirements and, potentially, costs for plaintiffs in patent lawsuits with little or no merit…” Bill text and summary: HERE. Senator Cornyn came to Austin, TX to explain concepts in the bill.

M·CAM President, David Pratt had several comments in the article: “Such cases are often brought by entities “that make nothing and sell nothing,” said David Pratt, president of M-CAM Inc., a patent advisory firm based in Charlottesville, Va. “The patents in many cases are extraordinarily vague.” Because discovery costs can easily run into the millions of dollars, mostly on the defendant’s tab, Pratt said, “patent trolls” typically file vague claims and offer settlements to drop the suit before discovery.”

M·CAM, Inc. releases an updated assessment of global open source Tidal Power innovation in the Global Innovation Commons and the accompanying Patently Obvious® on the Marine Energy Memorandum of Understanding between Scotland and South Korea

Date:  Thu, 2013-05-16

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA May 16, 2013 – M·CAM, Inc. releases an updated assessment of global open source Tidal Power innovation in the Global Innovation Commons and the accompanying Patently Obvious® report on the Marine Energy Memorandum of Understanding between Scotland and South Korea.

On Monday, May 6, 2013, Scottish Development International (SDI), the investment and trade promotion arm of the Scottish government, and Incheon Metropolitan City in South Korea signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to share ideas, knowledge, and technology. SDI has also stated that it wishes to create a new export market for Scottish tidal energy companies. While the nations’ collaborative impulse is laudable, it is important to note that innovation enabling tidal energy generation is neither new nor in its nascent stages.

To demonstrate this, M·CAM’s Global Innovation Commons is releasing an updated open source Tidal Power innovation compendium.

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’s Global Innovation Commons (G.I.C.) provides a world-wide repository of all innovations which, while possibly protected in one or more countries, have the ability to be used in the rest of the world due to patent expiration, abandonment, invalidity, or failure to file in-country protection. The G.I.C. enables the immediate “open source” generic production of most technologies – even those considered most cutting edge – in markets where patent holders failed to seek or gain protection.

M·CAM, Inc. is a global financial services firm specializing in intangible collateral, including state granted rights, intellectual property and other instruments. We deploy an underwriting platform to measure and quantify the market consequence, commercial and obsolescence risk of intangible assets for both commercial and public policy initiatives. 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 Marine Energy Memorandum of Understanding between Scotland and South Korea HERE.

M·CAM’s Global Innovation Commons updated assessment of global open source Tidal Power innovation can be found HERE.

Dr. David Martin presenting at the Blacksburg Developer Patent Summit on May 07, 2013

Date:  Tue, 2013-05-07

BLACKSBURG, VA – This evening, M·CAM Chairman, Dr. David Martin will be presenting at the Blacksburg Developer Patent Summit hosted in part by the Application Developers Alliance. This presentation will be followed by a panel of discussion leaders including: Moderator Tim Sparapani, VP of Law, Policy, and Government Relations, Application Developers Alliance, Van Lindberg, VP & Associate General Counsel, Rackspace Hosting, Rebecca Conner, Attorney, LeClairRyan, Michele Mayberry, Patent Attorney, New River Valley IP Law, and Dr. Kirk W. Cameron, Professor of Computer Science, Research Fellow in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech.

Summit Program Description:

“The software patent system poses a significant challenge for developers. Patent trolls, product life cycles shorter than the patent process, and general uncertainty threatens to stifle innovation and growth in the app industry. Throughout the year, the Application Developers Alliance http://appdevelopersalliance.org/ will host events around the country and invite developers to share stories of claim letters, lawsuits, the challenges they face, and the need for software patent reform.

Patents Summits will bring developers, policymakers, and patent experts together to discuss practical topics like assertion and defense strategies for startups and examine the issue of policy reform. Each event will feature a patent expert, followed by a panel discussion between policymakers, app developers, and attorneys. The events will conclude with an open Q&A for attendees and a networking reception – including food and drinks.”

More information about the event can be found by following this LINK: http://devsbuild.it/devpatentsummit/blacksburg

LOCATION: TechPad | 432 North Main Street, Suite 200 | Blacksburg, Virginia, 24060

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Dr. David Martin to Speak at TEDx Delray Beach Today!

Date:  Fri, 2013-05-03

DELRAY BEACH, FL, May 3, 1013 — Today, M·CAM Chairman Dr. David Martin will be speaking at the TEDx DelrayBeach event. This TEDx event is organized around the topic of “The Human Experience – The Human Experience is unique to all of us, never free of incident and always venturing the horizon.”

Dr. Martin will be presenting a speech entitled, “A Fulcrum Ninja on Wall Street.” David will be speaking during Session 4: 4:30-6:00pm US EDT. Other speakers in Session 4 include the Qualia Saxophone Quartet, David J. Pollay, Ricky Williams and Harold Payne.

The entire event will be streamed LIVE starting at 8:30am and can be seen by following this LINK: http://new.livestream.com/tedx/events/2061881

The speaker backgrounds can be found by following this LINK: http://www.tedxdelraybeach.com/tedxdelraybeach-the-human-experience-prog…

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Around the World Featured Item: “Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus” also known as “MRSA”

M·CAM IT Team to Participate in the Center for Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning (CISML) Industry Affiliate Workshop.

Date:  Wed, 2013-04-10

On Friday April 12th members of M·CAM’s IT team, Hayden Luse, Colin Thomas, and Alex Stott will participate in the University of Tennessee’s Center for Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning (CISML) Industry Affiliate Workshop. CISML) is a collaboration of faculty from three colleges and five academic departments at the University of Tennessee (UT) and is part of the College of Engineering on the Knoxville campus. CISML’s focus is on designing computer-based systems that exhibit intelligent behavior, operate autonomously, and adapt to environmental changes. Examples of the diverse research activities in this area include pattern recognition, robotics, artificial intelligence, biologically-inspired cognitive architectures, bioinformatics, and data mining, to name a few. This will be the 2nd year M·CAM has participated in the event. This year’s theme is “Bring Your Own Ideas” (BYOI). The M·CAM team will be presenting on automatic document topic detection and grouping. For more information regarding CISML, please visit their website.

M·CAM Featured in BloombergBusinessweek – “The Hidden Value of Dell: 3,449 Patents and Other Intellectual Property”

Date:  Mon, 2013-03-25

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA March 25, 2013 – M·CAM President David Pratt and M·CAM’s Patently Obvious® Report on the Planned Buyout of Dell released earlier this month have been featured on the front page BloombergBusinessweek in an article written by Roben Farzad titled The Hidden Value of Dell: 3,449 Patents and Other Intellectual Property. This in-depth coverage of Dell’s intellectual property portfolio was derived from M·CAM’s Patently Obvious® Report on Dell to speculate whether Dell’s bidders are aware of its high value. The full Patently Obvious Report can be read HERE.

M·CAM, Inc. releases The Navigare (Vol. 3, Number 1)

Date:  Wed, 2013-03-20

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Today M·CAM, Inc. releases the first issue of The Navigare since the start of the New Year! Be sure to check it out to find out what we’ve been up to in 2013. Inside this exciting volume, readers will hear about progress made on the public policy front, discover solutions for dealing with patent trolls, learn what 2 of our former interns are doing today, find out more about our relationships with some of the top names in the advertising and social media spheres (including our strategic partnership with Amusement Park Entertainment), read about our current work with the DOW 30, get an insiders perspective into the OECD Conference in Paris, France, hear an exciting announcement about the launch of a historical patent database, and begin to realize how M·CAM Analysts read, interpret, and apply data. This newsletter is packed full of awesome news, events, and information. Be sure to stay tuned for the next release scheduled for June. If you are interested in being added to our newsletter mailing list, please contact Denise Holman at dlh@m-cam.com.

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Dr. David Martin to Appear on Bloomberg TONIGHT!

Date:  Fri, 2013-03-15

Dr. David Martin will appear LIVE on Bloomberg Television tonight with Cory Johnson for an interview where he will be discussing a variety of topics ranging from the new patent law and the effect that it could potentially have on cases like Apple Inc. V. Samsung Mobile USA and the THX Ltd. V. Apple case. Be sure to tune in tonight at 6:45 PM EST!

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on Micron’s Proposed Acquisition of Elpida

Date:  Thu, 2013-03-14

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA March 14, 2013 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® Report on Micron’s Proposed Acquisition of Elpida

Elpida Memory, Inc. filed for Chapter 15 protection from U.S. creditors in Delaware’s bankruptcy court on March 19, 2012, after it filed for company reorganization in the Tokyo District Court at the end of February. On July 2, 2012, Micron Technology, Inc. announced a planned sponsorship agreement for $2.5 billion in order to purchase Elpida. An Ad Hoc group of Elpida bondholders filed a motion which objected to terms in the sponsorship agreement, stating that the agreement did not reflect the true value of Elpida.

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 financial services firm specializing in intangible collateral, including state granted rights, intellectual property and other instruments. We deploy an underwriting platform to measure and quantify the market consequence, commercial and obsolescence risk of intangible assets for both commercial and public policy initiatives. 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 Micron’s Proposed Acquisition of Elpida can be found HERE.

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on the Planned Buyout of Dell

Date:  Fri, 2013-03-08

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA March 8, 2013 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® on the Planned Buyout of Dell

On February 5, 2013, Dell announced that Michael Dell and Silverlake Partners were planning to take the company private at $13.65 a share. Their proposed price could undervalue the company and possibly diminish the interest of current Dell shareholders. Dell’s second largest investor, Southeastern Asset Management (Southeastern), publicly opposes the transaction. It released a sum-of-the-parts analysis of Dell’s share price. Southeastern came to the conclusion that a more appropriate share price would be 75% larger than Michael Dell estimated. Unfortunately, even Southeastern did not adequately consider Dell’s intellectual property (IP) optionality in its analysis.

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® on the Planned Buyout of Dell can be found HERE.

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on Celgard, LLC v. Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

Date:  Thu, 2013-02-28

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – February 28, 2013 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on Celgard, LLC v. Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

On February 22, 2013, Celgard, LLC filed a patent infringement claim against Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. The complaint accuses Sumitomo of infringing Celgard’s U.S. Pat. No. 6,432,586 (hereafter ”˜586), which covers a separator technology for use in lithium ion batteries. Sumitimo is accused of willful infringement of the ”˜586 patent particularly through its sale of separators to Panasonic for use in the Toughbook line mobile computers.

Using the M·CAM DOORS™ analytic platform, an intellectual property analysis of Celgard’s ”˜586 patent was conducted in order to understand its strength and defensibility in the face of prior and concurrent art innovation. The innovation space surrounding the ”˜586 patent and its patent family members was examined to determine which patent or patents may provide alternatives to or alter the value of Celgard’s holdings.

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 Celgard’s patent can be found HERE.

Dr. David Martin’s “An Inquiry into Human Nature and the Cost of the Wealth Nations” IFAC Paper Published

Date:  Mon, 2013-02-25

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — In June 2012 Dr. David Martin spoke at the SWIIS2012 Conference in Waterford, Ireland. All of the proceedings of conference are now fully published online through IFAC/Elsevier. To view all of the IFAC papers on International Stability and Systems Engineering please visit HERE.

OECD Video Footage: Dr. Martin’s Speech on “Bank Lending and the Crisis: Unlocking the Collateral Value of Knowledge Capital”

Date:  Tue, 2013-02-19

Last week Dr. David Martin spoke at the OECD Conference in Paris on “Growth, Innovation, and Competitiveness – Maximizing the Benefits of Knowledge-Based Capital”. Below you can find a link to the video coverage of his speech; “Bank Lending and the Crisis: Unlocking the Collateral Value of Knowledge Capital”.

OECD Video Coverage

Dr. David Martin to Participate in OECD Conference on Growth, Innovation, and Competitiveness (February 13 – 14, 2013)

Date:  Tue, 2013-02-12

Dr. David Martin, Chairman of M·CAM, Inc. is set to speak in the OECD Conference on “Growth, Innovation, and Competitiveness – Maximizing the Benefits of Knowledge-Based Capital” on February 13-14, 2013 in Paris, France. Dr. Martin will deliver a presentation on “Bank Lending and the Crisis: Unlocking the Collateral Value of Knowledge Capital.” Investment and growth in OECD economies is accelerated by knowledge based capital (KBC). The conference will unite some of the world’s top Banking Regulators and Senior Policy Makers to discuss three types of KBC: computerized information, intellectual property, and economic competencies. The expansive shift taking place within the world’s knowledge economies reflects a variety of long-term economic and institutional transformations where organizations invest as much or more in KBC as they do in physical capital. This boost of KBC produces new challenges for policy makers, businesses, and for the ways in which economic activity is measured. Business leaders will explain how KBC is shaping their industries and business models by reviewing state-of-the-art research and policy experiments, and by spotlighting gaps in the development of policy.

For the full OECD Conference agenda and complete line up of speakers, (including long-time friend and partner of M·CAM, Inc, Nick Drake of TBWA/Chiat Day), please visit HERE.

We Need to Fix Software Patents, says Outgoing USPTO Chief, Kappos

Date:  Wed, 2013-01-30

http://www.managingip.com/Article/3148408/Archive/We-need-to-fix-softwar…

Dr. Martin’s public comments issued during Friday’s USPTO event

Date:  Tue, 2013-01-15

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Did you miss the live Webinar of the Dr. David Martin’s USPTO Roundtable Public Comments on Proposed Requirements for Recordation of Real-Party-in-Interest Information Throughout the Application Pendency on Friday? If so, you are in luck. Today we are releasing Dr. Martin’s public comments issued during Friday’s USPTO event. To read the comments in full, please visit HERE.

Click to download the video: http://helix-1.uspto.gov/asxgen/2013-0111EditedRoundtableonRPI.wmv

Dr. David Martin to participate in the USPTO Roundtable TODAY on Proposed Requirements for Recordation of Real-Party-in-Interest Information Throughout the Application Pendency & Patent Term

Date:  Fri, 2013-01-11

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. David Martin will participate in the USPTO Roundtable this morning in Alexandria, Virginia on Proposed Requirements for Recordation of Real-Party-in-Interest Information Throughout the Application Pendency & Patent Term. The Roundtable discussion will commence at 8:30 AM EST and will be streamed as an open WebEx Webinar. The access information for the event is as follows:

Event Number: 994-604-638 Event Password: 123456 Event Address: https://uspto-events.webex.com/uspto-events/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=994604638

Dr. David Martin featured in “Google Dodges a Bullet at FTC” Financial Times Story (01/04/2013)

Date:  Tue, 2013-01-08

Last Friday the FTC announced they’ve closed a two-year investigation into Google for anti-trust violations, resulting in only minor changes to the search giant’s business practices. Dr. David Martin was featured in the Financial Times story “Google Dodges a Bullet at FTC” by Richard Waters where he commented “It is more a shot across the bow [by regulators] than anything substantive. The exact amount this will ultimately cost Google in practice is not determined, but according to reports, the search engine giant “wasn’t giving up much” to make this gesture of goodwill to the FTC. The full story can be found HERE