Ocean Tomo CEO, Jim Malackowski, quoted in International Business Times article, With Motorola Gone, Who’s Next Mobile Patent Target?
Excerpt: Now that Motorola Mobility has agreed to become a part of Google, who's next in the move towards platform consolidation?
Intellectual property and patents have become an intellectual property revolution similar to the industrial revolution, said James Malackowski, CEO of Ocean Tomo, a Chicago investment bank that specializes in IP.
Likely candidates could include InterDigital, a developer of technologies for the wireless sector that put itself up for sale after an Apple-Microsoft-led syndicate paid $4.5 billion for patents from Nortel Networks. InterDigital shares plunged 18 percent Monday. That still brings the gain since the King of Prussia, Pa., company announced its auction above 41 percent, giving it a market capitalization of $2.8 billion.
A buyer, whether a Google or a rival like Microsoft or Apple, would get pure IP, no play into the consumer or marketing sector.
Read the full story: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/198021/20110815/motorola-patent-ip-apple-research-in-motion-nokia-sony-interdigital.htm
