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Snapchat Sued Over Electronic Messaging Patents

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the parent company of Snapchat , has been sued in a patent infringement suit, by a company called Vaporstream. Snap Inc), and cites a number of patents which were granted to Vaporstream in July of 2005 for Vaporstream's secure messaging products. Venice, California-based Snap, Inc. , READ MORE>>.

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TeleSign Gets Patent

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Patent 7,945,034 for the technology behind its PhoneID verification technology. Inventors on TeleSign's patent were Schlomo Gonen, Jonathan Gonen, Alon Gonen, and Danny Rosen. Inventors on TeleSign's patent were Schlomo Gonen, Jonathan Gonen, Alon Gonen, and Danny Rosen. The patent was originally filed in October of 2005.

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Surfware Gets Patent

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Camarillo-based Surfware , a developer of computer aided manufacturing (CAM) software, said this week that it has received a patent on its technology. patent number 7,577,490 for its Engagement Milling technology, which covers the firm's TRUEmill CAM technology. Tags: surfware patent trademark legal.

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Smith Micro Gains Patent

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Aliso Viejo-based Smith Micro Software , reported Thursday that the firm has gained a new patent covering its compression technology. According to the filing, the inventors on the patent were Yaakov Gringeler and Darryl Lovato. The patent was granted on March 10th, and was originally filed by the firm in January of 2005.

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Smith Micro Scores Compression Patent

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Aliso Viejo-based Smith Micro has received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, for compression technology in its StuffIt software line. According to the USPTO, the patent was actually issued in July, and names Serge Volkoff, Michael Paul Halpin, and Darryl Lovato as inventors. Stainbrook & Stainbrook, LLP.

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Broadcom: Qualcomm In Contempt, Again

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Irvine-based Broadcom is continuing its patent skirmish with San Diego-based Qualcomm, saying Tuesday that Qualcomm has been held in contempt of an injunction entered into last December, covering the use, sale, and import of certain EV-DO chips. in May 2005. Broadcom sued Qualcomm over U.S. 5,657,317 in the U.S.

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Beats' Founders Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine In Court Over Headphone Design

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Dre and Jimmy Iovine, the founders of Beats Electronics , the onetime Santa Monica headphone-and-music-service, are in the midst of a lqsuit--and likely, a jury decision--over a lawsuit which claims Dr. Dre and Iovine owes royalties to a businessman work worked with the company back in 2005 and 2006.

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