Mongolian Academy of Sciences and M-ICP agreed to cooperate for Innovation

Date:  Fri, 2010-08-27

Mongolian Academy of Sciences and M–ICP agreed to cooperate for Innovation

Ulaanbaatar – 27 August, 2010 –– Tripartite meeting was held in the Mongolian Academy of Sciences yesterday. The meeting was attended by Professor B. Enkhtuvshin, President of Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS), Mr. Ch. Otgochuluu, Director of Economic Competitiveness Policy and Research Center (ECRC) and Ms. D. Nergui, Founding CEO of M–ICP.

All parties agreed to cooperate in the area of mutual interest for development of Mongolia through innovation promotion and innovation commercialization. During this meeting Professor B. Enkhtuvshin expressed his personal appreciation for M–ICP initiative to create an environment for greater access of Mongolian businesses, government, and communities to global knowledge and technologies, for ensuring increased access of the rest of world for Mongolian heritable innovation and for M–ICP plan in partnership with M·CAM, USA to create innovation financing infrastructure, infrastructure for trade–credit offsets in particular.

Parties agreed to support the government initiative to organize a High level workshop on “Innovation and Technology” in September 2010 and agreed to invite M·CAM leadership to this workshop.

At the end of this meeting it was agreed to sign Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between MAS and M–ICP.

Mongolian Academy of Sciences has decades of history and is the main science and technology institution of Mongolia with 21 research institutes and centers.

Economic Competitiveness Policy and Research Center was founded in 2010 with the primary goal of producing Mongolia Competitiveness Report jointly with World Competitiveness Center in Switzerland. ECRC is one of Alliances of M–ICP.

Visit http://www.m-icp.com/ for more information.

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on Jones Soda Company’s Customized Branded Merchandise Patents Referenced in Quark Images LLC v. Adidas AG et. al. Lawsuit

Date:  Fri, 2010-08-27

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ on Jones Soda Company’s Customized Branded Merchandise Patents Referenced in Quark Images LLC v. Adidas AG et. al. Lawsuit

Charlottesville, VA – August 27, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of the Jones Soda Company. Jones stated in their fiscal year 2009 annual report that they intended to pursue licensing arrangements with third parties in order to defend against patent violations. One such licensee was Longview, TX based Quark Images, LLC.

On August 13th, Quark Images filed a lawsuit against Adidas AG and 25 other defendants including Nike, Inc., Mars Inc., Capital One, Zions Bancorporation, BMW AG, and Hallmark Cards, Inc., alleging infringement of 2 patents. Each of these defendants offer custom–designed products and merchandise. Quark Images is requesting that the court prevent the defendants from future infringement of the patents in question and demands the award of money damages, attorney fees, and litigation costs.

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 Jones Soda Company patents can be found HERE

KEY HIV/AIDS DRUG PATENTS CHALLENGED BY PUBPAT: New Prior Art Proves Eight Abbott Laboratories Patents on Ritonavir are Undeserved

Date:  Thu, 2010-08-26

KEY HIV/AIDS DRUG PATENTS CHALLENGED BY PUBPAT: New Prior Art Proves Eight Abbott Laboratories Patents on Ritonavir are Undeserved

New York, NY – August 26, 2010 –– The Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) announced today that it has formally asked the United States Patent and Trademark Office to reexamine eight patents held by Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) relating to the critical HIV/AIDS drug ritonavir, which is marketed by the Chicago, Illinois pharmaceutical giant under the name brand Norvir.

In its requests, PUBPAT submitted previously unforeseen prior art proving that the patents should not have been granted. PUBPAT also cited recent Federal Circuit case law that supports its detailed arguments for nullification of the eight patents.

The challenged patents, U.S. Patents Nos. 5,541,206, 5,635,523, 5,648,497, 5,674,882, 6,037,157, 6,703,403, 7,148,359, and 7,364,752, are the eight patents listed in the FDA’s Orange Book for the 100mg ritonavir tablet approved on February 10, 2010.

Among a class of drugs called protease inhibitors, ritonavir was originally developed for its antiviral properties in the treatment of HIV infection and AIDS. However, it is now more widely used for its ability to enhance the efficacy of other protease inhibitors by inhibiting the enzyme that breaks down those drugs. It thus remains a critical drug for HIV/AIDS treatment.

This is not the first time Abbott’s popular HIV/AIDS drug has caused controversy. In December 2003, Abbott raised the price of its Norvir brand version of ritonavir from $1.71 a day to $8.57 a day. In response, a consumer group petitioned the NIH to override the then existing patents on ritonavir, because the research underlying those patents had been paid for by government tax–payer funds. Abbott settled a class action antitrust lawsuit regarding the Norvir price raise for $10 million in 2009.

Today over 30 million people worldwide are infected with HIV/AIDS, including more than one million Americans. “Abbott is using these eight patents to prevent anyone else from offering ritonavir to HIV/AIDS patients in the United States,” said Dan Ravicher, PUBPAT’s Executive Director. “Since the patents are undeserved, they are illegal barriers to the medical treatment that American HIV and AIDS patients need and deserve.”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will not allow anyone other than Abbott to distribute ritonavir in the United States because Abbott claims the exclusive right to do so via its patents. If PUBPAT’s request is granted and the United States Patent and Trademark Office agrees with PUBPAT that the challenged patents are invalid, Abbott will lose the legal right to prevent anyone else from making, using, or selling the subject matter of those patents.

The Requests for Reexamination filed by PUBPAT against the eight ritonavir patents held by Abbott Laboratories can be found at http://www.pubpat.org/ritonavir.htm

New Business Partnership with HASU

Date:  Wed, 2010-08-25

New Business Partnership with HASU

Ulaanbaatar – 25 August, 2010 –– Tripartite meeting was held on 25 August. Mr. Ch. Munkhbat, General Director of HASU corporation, Ms. Ts. Enkhtuya, Vice President of Mongolian National Inducator’s Federation/CEO of Business Talant Incubator Center and Ms.D. Nergui, Founding CEO of M–ICP attended this meeting.

It was agreed to create a business partnership between M–ICP and HASU in the area of the use of possible global technology to improve the Green house facility of HASU and building a Cold storage in Hasu Shivert area. Possibility of extended use of thermal energy in Hasu Shivert area was also discussed.

HASU is the largest corporation in Arkhangai aimag whose business includes industry, service, sanatorium, tourism, agriculture and farming.

Visit http://www.m-icp.com/ for more information.

M-ICP Founding CEO in Face2Face MNTV Talk Show

Date:  Wed, 2010-08-25

M–ICP Founding CEO in Face2Face MNTV Talk Show

25 August, 2010 Ms. D. Nergui, Founding CEO was invited to the Face2Face Talk Show of Mongolian National TV which will be broadcast-ed in September 2010.

Visit http://www.m-icp.com/ for more information.

M-ICP and M·CAM partnership in Mongolia media

Date:  Tue, 2010-08-24

M–ICP and M·CAM partnership in Mongolia media

24 August, 2010 Mongolian daily newspaper: “Daily news” published a news article on Landmark agreement signed between M·CAM and M–ICP.

Visit http://www.m-icp.com/ for more information.

M-ICP, ECRC, EBI Think Tank and BTIC formed an Open Alliance

Date:  Mon, 2010-08-23

M–ICP, ECRC, EBI Think Tank and BTIC formed an Open Alliance

23 August, 2010 –– Leadership of M–ICP, Economic Competitiveness Policy and Research Center (ECRC), EBI Think Tank and Business Talent Incubator Center (BTIC) formed an Alliance. The goal of forming this Alliance is to advocate and promote innovation, increased access to global technologies, creation of enabling environment for strategic innovation, innovation financing and innovation commercialization for prosperity and sustainable development.

Economic Competitiveness Policy and Research Center was founded in 2010 with the primary goal of producing Mongolia Competitiveness Report jointly with World Competitiveness Center in Switzerland.

EBI Think Thank – not for profit, non–partisan NGO founded in 2008 with the mission to discover, develop and support intellectual entrepreneurs.

Business Talant Incubator Center (BTIC) established in 2006 and is one of successful Business Incubator Centers in Mongolia. BT promotes new business initiatives and provides comprehensive business start–up services to its clients.

Visit http://www.m-icp.com/ for more information.

M·CAM Signs Landmark Agreement with Mongolia Innovation Commons Partners

Date:  Fri, 2010-08-20

M·CAM Signs Landmark Agreement with Mongolia Innovation Commons Partners

Charlottesville, Virginia and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia –– Today, M·CAM and Mongolia Innovation Commons Partners or M–ICP entered into a national deployment agreement which will offer M·CAM’s financial and innovation infrastructure products to public and private sector entities in Mongolia and Central Asia. The combined entity will work to expand intangible asset finance and national development strategy in a way that brings lasting value to the Mongolian economy. Bringing M·CAM’s innovative suite of financial solutions, including new strategies using trade credit offsets, to the Mongolian market has the potential to accelerate the market engagement strategies of this culturally rich, resource endowed country.

Established in July of this year, M–ICP provides ethical, innovative business, finance, and policy services to businesses, communities, government and other development stakeholders. A core mission of M–ICP is the promotion and support of innovation commons, heritable knowledge, global innovation and technologies in a breakthrough ways. The M–ICP founded by four Mongolian professionals and Ms. Nergui Dorj is a Founding Chief Executive Director. She is an economist, banking and finance specialist and development practitioner – graduate of Moscow Financial Academy, Australian National University and University of Wollongong, Australia.

Please link to M-ICP to read the full article.

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ Best Medical International Inc.’s Radiation Beam Modulator Patent Referenced in Lawsuit with Accuray Corp.

Date:  Fri, 2010-08-20

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ Best Medical International Inc.’s Radiation Beam Modulator Patent Referenced in Lawsuit with Accuray Corp.

Charlottesville, VA – August 20, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of Best Medical International, Inc. On August 9, 2010, Best Medical International, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Accuray Corp. alleging infringement of 1 patent and the theft of trade secrets relevant to the modulation of a radiation beam used for the treatment of tumors.

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 Best Medical International Inc. patent can be found HERE

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on Oracle Corporation’s Java Patent Referenced in Lawsuit with Google Inc.

Date:  Wed, 2010-08-18

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on Oracle Corporation’s Java Patent Referenced in Lawsuit with Google Inc.

Charlottesville, VA – August 18, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of Oracle Corporation. On August 12, 2010, Oracle Corporation filed a lawsuit against Google Inc. alleging infringement of 7 patents relevant to the Java software platform.

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 Oracle patents can be found HERE

M·CAM Delivers Second Heritable Innovation Trust to Government and Communities in Papua New Guinea, Mongolia, and Ecuador

Date:  Tue, 2010-08-17

M·CAM Delivers Second Heritable Innovation Trust to Government and Communities in Papua New Guinea, Mongolia, and Ecuador

August 17, 2010 – Rabaul, East New Britian, Paupa New Guinea; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Napo, Ecuador and Charlottesville, Virginia –– By constituting reciprocal knowledge networks to perpetually benefit whole communities the 2010 Heritable Innovation Trust uses the fundamental values expressed in Integral Accounting to invite knowledge holders and users into cooperation that will last and grow. This document continues the World’s First Heritable Innovation Trust Document, written in 2009, which was deployed and stewarded by the communities in East New Britain.

The 2010 Heritable Innovation Trust was written by M·CAM in partnership with Follywell #6 (Paupa New Guiena, East New Britian) Mongolia Innovation Commons Partners (MICP–Ulaanbaatar), and The Runa Foundation (Ecuador). Fifty five pieces of Heritable Knowledge are chronicled in the 2010 Heritable Innovation Trust document including the Guayusa leaf, an organic fish trap, and ger.

You can find more information on the Heritable Innovation Trust Program at our website, http://www.heritableinnovationtrust.org/blog/

Please follow the link provided to download the full Trust Document (8.3MB) http://portal.heritableinnovationtrust.org/hit2010

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious & trade; report on Vlingo Corporation’s Speech Recognition Patent Purchased from Intellectual Ventures and Referenced in Lawsuit with Nuance Communications.

Date:  Fri, 2010-08-13

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on Vlingo Corporation’s Speech Recognition Patent Purchased from Intellectual Ventures and Referenced in Lawsuit with Nuance Communications.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – August 13, 2010 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of Vlingo Corporation. On July 21, 2010, Vlingo Corporation filed a lawsuit against Nuance Communications, alleging infringement of five patents on speech recognition technologies which Vlingo recently purchased from Intellectual Ventures.

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 Vlingo patents can be found HERE

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on Uniloc Software Registration System Patent Referenced in Lawsuit with Sony, McAfee, et. al.

Date:  Fri, 2010-08-06

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on Uniloc Software Registration System Patent Referenced in Lawsuit with Sony, McAfee, et. al.

Charlottesville, VA – August 06, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of Uniloc. On July 29, 2010, Uniloc USA, Inc. filed a lawsuit against seven software companies including Activision Blizzard, Sony Corporation of America, and McAfee, Inc., alleging infringement of a Uniloc USA patent describing a system for software registration. Uniloc filed a similar suit against Microsoft in 2003. This report focuses on patents of interest which predate and are concurrent to the Uniloc patent, including public-domain alternatives.

The patents discussed in this report describe software registration systems.

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 Uniloc patent can be found HERE

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on Thomson Licensing Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display Patent Referenced in Lawsuit with Chimei Innolux Corporation

Date:  Fri, 2010-07-30

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on Thomson Licensing Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display Patent Referenced in Lawsuit with Chimei Innolux Corporation

Charlottesville, VA – July 30, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of Thomson Licensing. On July 23, 2010, Thomson Licensing SAS, a subsidiary of Technicolor SA, formerly Thomson Multimedia, filed a lawsuit against three Hon Hai affiliates: Chimei Innolux, Innolux and Chi Mei Optoelectronics, as well as MStar Semiconductor, alleging infringement of seven patents held by Thomson for thin film transistor liquid crystal displays (TFT–LCDs). The patents in question are: US 5,978,063; US 5,041,888; US 5,153,754; US 5,621,556; US 6,121,941; US 5,375,006 and US 5,648,674.

The patents discussed in this report describe TFT–LCD components and methods for their production.

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 Thomson patents can be found HERE

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on Finjan Networked Computer Security Patents Referenced in McAfee Lawsuit

Date:  Fri, 2010-07-23

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on Finjan Networked Computer Security Patents Referenced in McAfee Lawsuit

Charlottesville, VA – July 23, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of Finjan, Inc. On July 11, 2010, Finjan, Inc. filed a lawsuit against McAfee, Inc., Symantec Corp., Webroot Software, Inc., Websense, Inc., and Sophos, Inc., alleging that these companies had infringed two Finjan patents pertaining to networked computer security systems and methods. According to the complaint, Finjan is asking for financial damages and an injunction to stop the five security companies from selling software allegedly tied to the patents. This report focuses on patents of interest which predate and are concurrent to the Finjan patents, including public–domain alternatives.

The patents discussed in this report describe networked computer security systems and methods.

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 Finjan patents can be found HERE

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on XPRT Online Auction and Payment Patents Referenced in eBay Lawsuit

Date:  Fri, 2010-07-16

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on XPRT Online Auction and Payment Patents Referenced in eBay Lawsuit

Charlottesville, VA – July 16, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on the patent holdings of XPRT Ventures. On July 13, 2010, XPRT Ventures, LLC filed a lawsuit against eBay, Inc., PayPal, Inc., Bill Me Later, Inc., Shopping.com, Inc. and StubHub, Inc., alleging that these companies had infringed six XPRT patents pertaining to online auction and payment methods. According to the complaint, XPRT asserts that eBay stole information shared in confidence by XPRT and integrated it into its own payment systems. XPRT is demanding at least $3.8 billion in monetary damages, in addition to treble damages. This report focuses on patents of interest which predate and are concurrent to the XPRT patents, including public–domain alternatives.

The patents discussed in this report describe online auction and payment systems.

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 XPRT patents can be found HERE

Heritable Innovation Trust Video Launch

Date:  Tue, 2010-07-13

Heritable Innovation Trust Video Launch

Charlottesville, VA; Ulaandaatar, Mongolia and Rabaul, Papua New Guinea – July 13, 2010 –– After the release of the World’s First Heritable Innovation Trust, M·CAM was invited to return to East New Britain to continue documentation as well as initiate programs in new communities. In addition we were also invited by the Mongolian National Business Incubators Federation to initiate trust efforts with the Mongolian nomadic herders. In Papua New Guinea, East New Britain a team of six interns chronicled twenty nine pieces of Heritable Knowledge covering items in weaving techniques, agricultural stewardship, and cultural expressions. The team in Mongolia documented Heritable Knowledge in ecological resource management, dairy production, and organic resource utilization. The following video is a culmination of video footage shot on the two trips. It features the main principles of the integral accounting system, the system in which the Heritable Innovation Trust framework was built upon. While not featured in the video, M·CAM has also begun working with the Runa Foundation to document the Heritable Knowledge of guayusa farmers in Ecuador.

The 2010 Heritable Innovation Trust document will be released in early August and will include Heritable Knowledge documented in Papua New Guinea, Mongolia, and Ecuador.

To view the full video please click HERE

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on Rambus Inc.’s U.S. Patent No. 6,591,353 and U.S Patent No. 6,470,405 referenced in Rambus Inc’s ongoing litigation with Nvidia Corporation

Date:  Fri, 2010-07-09

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on Rambus Inc.’s U.S. Patent No. 6,591,353 and U.S Patent No. 6,470,405 referenced in Rambus Inc’s ongoing litigation with Nvidia Corporation

Charlottesville, VA – July 9, 2010 –– M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on U.S. Patent No. 6,591,353 and U.S. Patent No. 6,470,405 which has been at the heart of a series of litigation between Rambus Inc. and Nvidia Corporation dating back to July 2008. This report focuses on patents of interest which predate and are concurrent to the Rambus patents, including public–domain alternatives.

The patent describes a system for DRAM controllers and the configuration of data transfer.

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 Rambus Inc. patents can be found HERE

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious report on Iridium Satellite Communication Patents

Date:  Fri, 2010-07-02

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on Iridium Satellite Communication Patents

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – July 2, 2010 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on U.S. Patents 5,604,920 and 5,410,728, two key patents in the technology behind the Iridium NEXT constellation of satellites. On June 22, 2010, Thales Alenia Space announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire a significant patent portfolio from Intellectual Ventures related to the Iridium satellite communication systems, the terms of which were undisclosed. This report focuses on patents of interest which predate and are concurrent to the Iridium patents, including public-domain alternatives.

The patents discussed in this report describe a satellite cellular telephone and data communication system.

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 Patent Obvious™ report on the Iridium patents can be found HERE

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on of Gibson Guitar Company’s U.S. Patent No. 5,990,405 referenced in Gibson Guitar Company v. Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., MTV Networks, and Electronic Arts, Inc. lawsuit

Date:  Fri, 2010-06-25

M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious™ report on of Gibson Guitar Company’s U.S. Patent No. 5,990,405 referenced in Gibson Guitar Company v. Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., MTV Networks, and Electronic Arts, Inc. lawsuit

Charlottesville, VA – June 25, 2010 –&38211; M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious™ report today on U.S. Patent No. 5,990,405 which Gibson Guitar Company claimed in a March 20, 2008 lawsuit that Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., MTV Networks, and Electronic Arts, Inc. infringed upon. On June 8, 2010, Gibson settled its patent infringement claims against Harmonix, Viacom, Electronic Arts, and other retailers. The terms of this settlement were undisclosed, but it can be presumed that each of the defendants paid a licensing fee in the process. This report focuses on patents of interest which predate and are concurrent to the Gibson Guitar Company patent, including public–domain alternatives.

The patent named in the lawsuit describes a system and method for generating and controlling a simulated musical concert experience such as a video game.

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 Gibson Guitar Company patent can be found HERE