Legal Opinion
Ocean Tomo, LLC v. Barney
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 24, 2015No. Case No. 12 C 8450PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Joan B. Gottschall, United States District Judge
Jonathan Barney created the PatentRat-ings system, which uses algorithms to assess -the quality and value of issued patents, and formed PatentRatings, LLC, to bring his system to the marketplace. Ocean Tomo hired Barney and the parties entered into a complex business arrangement, which included a licensing agreement about the PatentRatings system that was amended several times. After the parties’ relationship deteriorated, Ocean Tomo sued Barney, alleging that Barney’s misuse of a laptop computer violated the federal…
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