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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Irvine-based Local Corporation , the operator of online local advertising websites, said today that it has been granted a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. The firm said the new patent, number 8,306,208, covers pay-per-call technology. Local Corporation was represented by Nixon Peabody LLP in the filing.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Once again, we'd like to thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Sponsoring socalTECH's Executive Moves section. Advertisers.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

As we go into Halloween this weekend, we want to thank all of our sponsors, advertisers, and members, who make it possible for us to exist. Sponsoring socalTECH's Executive Moves section. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. Advertisers. Technology.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Newport Beach-based patent licensing firm Acacia Research Corporation has scored a major patent lawsuit win, this time against Yahoo! , According to Acacia Research, its subsidiary, Creative Internet Advertising Corporation, has received $12.4M in a final judgment for willful infringement of the firm's patents.

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Yahoo Research Patents Advertising 157

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MARCH 15, 2013

PhotoPoll is our first app to push live, and now we're working on our second app, AdTile, which is a mobile advertising solution for applications and mobile software. In 2009, I got my green card and decided to move back here. We build mobile products, not just mobile applications, but products around them. What happened there?

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APRIL 28, 2010

We raised funding in September of 2009, about six months ago, raising $500,000 from private angel investors. Dave Waldman: While creating our email product, we'd done quite a bit of work on patenting the processes we were going through, and liked the concept of private messaging. How long has Bccthis been around?

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FEBRUARY 9, 2009

We're really excited about 2009. We are not looking to fund people in 2009, who are learning a new market, on our nickel. At GRP, we don't care about patents--they're nice to have, but not required--but we're looking for defensible IP in an area with an interesting, and big, idea. It's a great time to be investing.

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Tech Coast Angels Ideas Entrepreneur Invest 100