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JUNE 18, 2015

San Diego-based KFx Medical said late Wednesday that it has received $35M in a payment, related to the company's patent infringement suite against Arthrex. The payment is related to a jury award which found that Arthrex had infringed upon a patent owned by KFx.

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JANUARY 17, 2012

The firm claimed the granting of a motion for summary judgement in the US Federal Court in California will help it in its effort to convince the courts to prevent these companies from operating the services that infringe RPost patents. RPost had sued the firms in 2011. RPost claims it has 35 patents covering electronic signatures.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Thursday, December 8, 2011 -- Patent Reform Act. The world of patent law is constantly changing. Never more than this year with the enactment of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) of 2011 (formerly known as the Patent Reform Act of 2011).

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JULY 26, 2010

Newport Beach-based chip provider Mindspeed Technologies said this morning that it has sold off a number of its patents in a $10M intellectual property sale. According to Mindspeed, the "legacy" patent sale includes $7.5M which will be reported in its first quarter of 2011. READ MORE>>. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 3, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , the developer of real estate and property management software, looks to have scored a win in a patent lawsuit against RealPage , a developer of cloud-based software for the rental housing industry.

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JULY 10, 2012

A little known Santa Monica-based firm EMG Technology is taking on Google in a patent fight, announcing today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Internet giant, over a patent covering simplified navigation systems on smart phones and tablets. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2011

Tuesday, November 1, 2011 -- How the Patent Reform Act will Impact Your Business. On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed into law the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (the "Act"), which will substantially affect the way that patents are procured and enforced in the United States. patent law.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Apple rested their defense today in their final attempt to stave off a patent lawsuit with far-reaching implications for all smartphone makers. Based on the report’s conclusions, Apple requested that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) re-examine Ditzik’s patent.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Irvine-based Broadcom has been granted a permanent injunction against Costa Mesa-based Emulex , in a patent infringement suit, covering a number of Emulex's Fibre Channel switch products, the two firms separately reported this morning. Patent Nos. According to Broadcom, certain products of Emulex have been found to infringe upon U.S.

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AUGUST 3, 2011

Tuesday, August 9, 2011 -- Patent Protection for Technology Companies. Discover the benefits of patent protection, and what it can offer to your business. Gain an understanding of how to navigate the patent landscape. Email Ingrid.Goodman@lacdc.org.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Saturday, October 29, 2011 -- Learn How To Sell and Protect Your Product Ideas. Speaker: John Calvert - Patent Office - On Patents. Speaker: Andrew Krauss - Licensing Expert - How To License Your New Product Ideas For Royalties. See [link] (more)

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NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Thursday, December 1, 2011 -- Monetizing Innovation. Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12B to get access to their 17,000 patents. Nortel sold its 6000 patents for $4.5B Even IBM (the #1 in US Patents) sold over 1000 of its patents recently. Even IBM (the #1 in US Patents) sold over 1000 of its patents recently.

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APRIL 5, 2011

Thursday, April 7, 2011 -- Intellectual Property Protection. Patent protection is one of the least expensive ways for any new venture to block competitors from entering its market.Tech Coast Venture Networks Intellectual Property Workshop will be hosted by Knobbe Martens Olson and Bear LLP.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 -- CLEAN TECHNOLOGY LEADERS CONFERENCE. Mark is an Intellectual Property authority who counsels individuals on obtaining patent protection for their products and trademarks, slogans and names in the United States and internationally.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 -- The Industry Leaders Series Presents: Barry Sandrew, Founder, Legend3D. and is an internationally recognized visual effects pioneer and digital imaging expert with more than 14 VFX patents and 23 years of feature film and TV experience. Dr. Barry Sandrew founded Legend3D, Inc., See [link] (more)

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JULY 29, 2011

Tuesday, August 2, 2011 -- Intellectual Property Workshop Series. Introduction to Intellectual Property (IP) Law: Identify Your IP Issues and Protect Your Business During our Intellectual Property overview you will learn about the various forms of intellectual property, such as patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.

IP 113

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APRIL 1, 2011

Thursday, April 7, 2011 -- LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: Navigating Your Way Through the IP Mine Field In today's technologically based world, Intellectual Property issues are more relevant than ever After reviewing the basics of patent, trademark, and copyright law, we will look at some modern day IP law applications including (..)

IP 100

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

million of its shares, upon the completion of an IPO before March 31, 2011. Among other updates the firm added to its S-1 filing, the firm reported it now has eight patents granted--up from five--for its intellectual property, and an additional sixteen pending in the United States and other jurisdictions.

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OCTOBER 5, 2012

Rock Prodigy is Music Prodigy’s pioneer product and is a revolutionary interactive music app powered by patent-pending polyphonic pitch-recognition technology that allows musicians of all skill levels to use any instrument and provide instant performance feedback to accelerate learning. Winning Not By Sheer Luck.

Education 106

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MARCH 4, 2009

According to Regulus, the new funding will provide it with cash to operate through 2011. Regulus also said that it now has over 900 patents focused on microRNA technology. In a related move, the firm said that it has reorganized from an LLC to a C-corporation, as a way to accommodate additional future investors.

Patents 100

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JUNE 19, 2014

Jeff Overall: It all started back in 2011, when I was going to the University of Santa Barbara. We saw growth from just 850 filters in 2011 to 7500 filters in 2012. We caught up with Jeff Overall , the founder of PolarPro, to better understand the company--plus the popularity of accessories specifically for GoPro cameras.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

2011 was an incredibly huge year for us, and 2012 will be the same way. One of the big things about Telesign, and if you go back to the founders, and the things they did well before I got here, is they spent lots of time and effort around writing patents and protecting their IP. In 2011, we had two of our patents approved.

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MARCH 28, 2014

Asher Delug: We have had amazing growth coming from our smart wall product, our inter-app interstitial ad product, which patent pending. We called 2011 and 2012 the years of shotgun media buying. It looks like, based on the numbers out there, that you''ve managed to grow the company quite a bit very quickly.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

We built a Proof of Concept in 2010, went into closed beta in 2011 and opened up to the public in Dec 2012. They then headed back to the USA and UK to get comment and advice on the platform, after which they returned to South Africa, made the enhancements and launched a closed beta in 2011. When was it launched?

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

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NOVEMBER 20, 2011

in venture capital and publicly launched in May 2011. He also has product strategy and business development experience in the areas of video-on-demand services and RF CMOS components. Maneesh has published papers in several technical journals and is the holder of three U.S. Based in Newport Beach, CatchFree has raised $5.5m

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Steve Jobs, the former founder, chairman and CEO of Apple, passed away in 2011 following a cancer relapse and is considered to be one of the main driver’s of Apple’s successes in the mainstream technology markets. Tesla may have an edge in the battle because of their novel policy to remove all of their patents.

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Google Design Patents Report 40

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AUGUST 18, 2009

We're doing our development in El Monte, and we think we'll be operational by the beginning of next year, and full scale by the end of 2010, with product launch in 2011. About a year later, we recognized that it was very important to also have the patent, and Dina joined us. We hopefully will have our first production year in 2011.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” They have built proprietary ad serving, video serving and image recognition technology, complete with patents, and invented in-image advertising. He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Gagnier consults technology firms on policy issues ranging from patent law reform to communications issues, such as Network Neutrality. Her forthcoming publication, On Privacy: Liberty in the Digital Revolution (Spring 2011), grapples with impacts of individual behavior online on our legal rights to privacy.

IP 81

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AUGUST 28, 2012

We did some informal research toward the end of 2011 when the “pinning” phenomenon emerged because we found it very interesting. Discovery: We’ve built a patent-pending recommendation engine to help users discover incredible new images and new people with similar tastes. What inspired you to launch LoveIt?

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. In 2011, Business Insider ranked Legal Zoom No. It also won a number of key patents bit.ly/RiJCFI Cornerstone has been recognized as one of the nation’s fastest growing companies by Deloitte, Inc. Adam Goldenberg – JustFab.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2014

In fact, it''s patently obvious, which makes it even more shocking that many digital ad executives do such a poor job of prompting mobile engagement and conversions. BIA/Kelsey reports that from 2011 to 2013 there was a 133% increase in the number of mobile phone calls to businesses. Agreed, this ain''t a news flash.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2016

And honestly it was the single biggest roadblock at Upfront when we raised out fourth fund in 2011. He led our investment in 6sensor Labs , which has patented techniques for screening food for gluten and peanut allergens. We as an industry have seen this. ” I told everybody I wasn’t going to and I meant it.

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Venture Capital Artificial Inteligence Invest Funding 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

Fix the patent office to keep up with the backlog. Since 1992, Congress has diverted nearly $1 billion in applicant-paid fees already earned by the USPTO to other uses (like the 2010 census), leaving the patent office unable to deal with the threefold increase in patent applications over the last 20 years.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Cyrus Farudi is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Flipswap, Inc in 2004 and Capsule in 2011. Founded in 2011 with the goal of saving lives through soap, Jack’s gives one bar away every time one is sold. Cyrus Farudi – Co-founder of Capsule. Bridget Hilton – Founder of Jack’s Soap. ” Court also likes the Red Sox.

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