M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on the Department of Justice review of Google and Motorola Mobility

Date:  Fri, 2011-10-07

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – October 7, 2011 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on the Department of Justice review of Google and Motorola Mobility

The U.S. Department of Justice is looking at the Google Motorola Mobility deal through a blindfold. Google’s not building a monopoly with this acquisition but there’s a much more ominous problem that everyone’s missing”¦

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 DOJ review of Google and Motorola Mobility can be found HERE.

M·CAM Inc. Featured in Managing Intellectual Property Magazine: “It’s The Chips, Not The Cards”

Date:  Wed, 2011-10-05

CHARLOTTESVILLE- Chairman Dr. David Martin was quoted by Karen Bolipata in Managing Intellectual Property Magazine in regards to the Google-Motorola Patent Portfolio.

“David Martin, founder and chairman of asset management firm M·CAM, says Google overpaid. “I think this was plainly a backlash from the perceived loss of the Nortel portfolio”, he says.”

The article discusses Google and their smartphone patents. Read the entire article HERE

M·CAM Inc. on NPR’s All Things Considered

Date:  Mon, 2011-10-03

Pulled from Laura Sydell’s Article titled “Microsoft, Google Tussle Over Android Phone Patents“

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on the intellectual property strategy of Oracle

Date:  Thu, 2011-09-29

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – September 29, 2011 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on the intellectual property strategy of Oracle.

“Oracle and Google Create Open Source Environment for Android Platform””¦could be the headline that would put billions of dollars into their respective pockets. The current toxic litigation strategy will only benchmark the opening bid for future trolls harming both firms. A tactical play that leverages Sun’s real innovation (rather than Wang’s aging patent estate) can rid the mobile platform market of frivolous patent litigation risk and create a market where the companies and consumers win.

The M·CAM Patently Obvious® report on Oracle can be found HERE.

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

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on the intellectual property analysis of Kodak

Date:  Fri, 2011-09-23

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – September 23, 2011 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on Intellectual Property Analysis of Kodak

A commercial analysis, using the M·CAM proprietary unstructured data mining algorithm, was performed on the digital imaging portion of the Kodak patent portfolio, which revealed at least 31% of the portfolio are impaired and unlikely to be of commercial value. This impairment comes from patent filing carelessness and other breakdowns in patent quality – not necessarily from a lack of innovation. Further, an analysis was performed using the M·CAM DOORS™ platform on the commercial ecosystem surrounding the digital imaging patents, which identified the top twenty entities that may find these properties to be of interest.

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’s patent portfolio can be found HERE.

M·CAM Inc. releases the 2nd volume of “The Navigare”

Date:  Fri, 2011-09-23

M·CAM Inc. releases the 2nd volume of “The Navigare”. This volume highlights the coupious exciting projects and events that transpired both in the M·CAM office and around the globe including building a greenhouse in Mongolia and a full report from our Heritable Innovation Trust interns! Be sure to check it out as an electronic magazine or as a PDF!

M·CAM Inc.Newsletter

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M·CAM Inc. Participates in United Way’s 2011 Day of Caring

Date:  Wed, 2011-09-21

On September 21, M·CAM Inc, took to the streets to “spread the well-being”. Along with a company wide goal of individual community engagement by each team member, M·CAM Inc. decided to participate in a group community engagement project through United Way’s Day of Caring by helping the Old Crozet School of Arts clean up two large garden beds, paint a classroom and a row of lockers.

The Day of Caring was established in 1992 by the United Way-Thomas Jefferson Area to promote the spirit and value of volunteerism, increase the awareness of local human service agencies and schools, and demonstrate what people working together for the community’s good can accomplish. In 1999, the Day of Caring was renamed the United Way Laurence E. Richardson Day of Caring in honor of Larry Richardson, a long-time volunteer of the United Way and the community, and past president of the Charlottesville Broadcasting Company.

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on Intellectual Ventures v. Canon et al

Date:  Fri, 2011-09-16

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – September 16, 2011 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on Intellectual Ventures v. Canon et al

Canon and Olympus hold a substantial amount of precedent innovation impacting the nine patents that have been asserted against them recently by Intellectual Ventures. In addition, Intellectual Ventures’ investors hold prior art and precedent innovation which, if disclosed, could vastly alter the enforceability of IV’s patents in suit.

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. Canon et al can be found HERE.

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on WiLAN Inc. and MOSAID Technologies

Date:  Thu, 2011-09-08

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – September 8, 2011 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on WiLAN Inc. and MOSAID Technologies

WiLAN has launched a C$480 million hostile takeover bid for MOSAID Technologies. While WiLAN’s management has described the potential transaction as creating a “very valuable” company, their combined patent portfolios warrant close scrutiny. Over half of MOSAID’s portfolio and nearly sixty percent of WiLAN’s portfolio appear to be impaired, a combination of which runs the risk of creating a whole that has less value than its individual parts.

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 WiLAN Inc. and MOSAID Technologies can be found HERE.

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on the Global Agriopoly (Part 2)

Date:  Thu, 2011-09-01

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – September 1, 2011 – M·CAM, Inc. released part 2 its Patently Obvious® report today on the Global Agriopoly

Mismanagement of innovation lies at the heart of food scarcity. Instead of a new Green Revolution based on proprietary restrictions, the use of abundant open source technology can transform a broken “agriopolic” system that is spreading into Africa.

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 Global Agriopoly (part 2) can be found HERE.

Chairman Dr. David Martin to Be Interviewed On Bloomberg West

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on Google’s Motorola Mobility Patent Acquisition

Date:  Thu, 2011-08-25

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – August 25, 2011 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on Google’s Motorola Mobility Patent Acquisition

Motorola Mobility has a substantial quantity of uncited precedent innovation that could affect the quality of its intellectual property assets, with nine of the eighteen “stars of the portfolio” patents asserted against Apple last year appearing to be impaired. It is apparent that Google’s purchase relies on quantity over quality for its justification, as only half of their stars have much substance.

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 Google’s Motorola Mobility Patent Acquisition can be found HERE.

“Peace Starts with Me”- World Peace Festival to Occur This Week

Date:  Wed, 2011-08-24

The World Peace Festival sponsored by the World Peace Partnership occurs this week in Berlin, Germany. The World Peace Partnership is a non-profit, non-partisan, international acting organization with the aim to systematically initiate and foster processes for worldwide peace building. The festival will focus on inspiring and empowering people around the world to be more at peace with themselves, others and the environment with the goal of creating a global community working towards peace.

M·CAM, Inc. is a corporate partner of the festival with Chairman Dr. David Martin serving as a global advisor. Long time friend of the company, Chip Duncan, Founder and President of The Duncan Group and recipient of more than 100 national and international awards for writing, producing, directing and photography, will also have an exhibit at the festival.

For more information on The World Peace Festival visit:http://www.worldpeacefestival.org/ .

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on the Global Agri-opoly

Date:  Tue, 2011-08-16

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – August 16, 2011 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on the Global Agriopoly

The U. S. patent system’s inherent inefficiencies are resulting in the triple charging of farmers for the ability to use technologies ostensibly developed for their benefit. Relationships between U.S. universities and biotech companies, the development of genetic use-restriction technology, and cross-licensing agreements all serve to concentrate control of the seed and agrichemical industries into the hands of a few powerful corporations creating an agri-opoly. This edition of Patently Obvious is the first in a three part series highlighting the current use of intellectual property in the agricultural industry.

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 Global Agriopoly can be found HERE.

Wahu Fox 27 Features the M·CAM Greenhouse Story

Date:  Mon, 2011-08-15

The Mongolian greenhouse story gains local attention after being submitted and feautured as one of “Stephanie’s Heroes”. To view the video coverage and to read the entire story please visit:

http://www.newsplex.com/heroes/headlines/Stephanies_Heroes_Building_Gree…

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on Intellectual Property Analysis of Google’s IBM Patent Acquisition

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – August 4, 2011 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on Intellectual Property Analysis of Google’s IBM Patent Acquisition

An analysis using the M·CAM DOORS™ platform was performed on Google’s 1,029-patent acquisition from IBM. A breakdown of these patents by U.S. classification code reveals the top technology spaces that Google may be hoping to defend itself in, specifically U. S. classification for database processing, data file management and multi computer data processing which describe Google’s core technologies and technologies for the cloud computing market. In addition, a commercial analysis using the M·CAM proprietary unstructured data mining algorithm shows that 40% of the newly acquired IBM patents appear to be inadequate to protect Google and its corporate activities, and may even be a liability.

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 Intellectual Ventures’ patents can be found HERE.

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on Chris Crawford, Intellectual Ventures, and Oasis Research

Date:  Fri, 2011-07-29

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – July 29, 2011 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on Chris Crawford, Intellectual Ventures, and Oasis Research

Uncited prior art may hinder the strength and defensibility of patents owned by a “back-end deal” entity derived from Intellectual Ventures, currently using these patents in a lawsuit. Following the recent “When Patents Attack” article, we explore the quality of bullets used in the story’s “mafia” reference to see if it’s a real threat or a protection scheme using rubber bullets issued by the USPTO”¦ after all, what Chris Crawford “Invented” was rejected by the Patent Office in 1996 and the patent that was issued was coached into being by a friendly patent examiner!

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 Intellectual Ventures’ patents can be found HERE.

Chairman Featured on This American Life “When Patents Attack!”

Chairman Featured on This American Life “When Patents Attack!”

Date:  Mon, 2011-07-25

Chairman, David Martin, is featured on This American Life, “When Patents Attack!”

“Why would a company rent an office in a tiny town in East Texas, put a nameplate on the door, and leave it completely empty for a year? The answer involves a controversial billionaire physicist in Seattle, a 40 pound cookbook, and a war waging right now, all across the software and tech industries.”

Listen To The Audio Here

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on Intellectual Ventures v. Hynix et al

Date:  Wed, 2011-07-20

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – July 20, 2011 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on Intellectual Ventures v. Hynix et al

Intellectual Ventures’ investors hold prior art and precedent innovation which, if disclosed, could vastly alter the enforceability of patents asserted in the DRAM industry. We wonder whether their IP holdings or their equity in IV matters more.

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 Intellectual Ventures’ patents can be found HERE.