socalTECH

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. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

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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Tech Zulu Event

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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InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2014

Quick - name a phone company. Yep, Facebook is a phone company. In order for them to take full advantage of Facebook the phone company, they will have to abandon traditional online marketing conventions. BIA/Kelsey reports that from 2011 to 2013 there was a 133% increase in the number of mobile phone calls to businesses.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

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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Patents Email Technology Company 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Thursday, December 1, 2011 -- Monetizing Innovation. How 'IP Capitalists' are beating Venture Capitalists in Innovative Companies? 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.

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Technology Council IP TCOSC Patents 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 26, 2011

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 -- CLEAN TECHNOLOGY LEADERS CONFERENCE. HOW TO PROTECT YOUR IDEAS and ADD VALUE TO YOUR COMPANY; Our speaker is MARK GOLDSTEIN, Attorney at Law, SoCal IP Law Group LLP.

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Ideas SoCal Southern California IP 124

SoCal Tech Calendar

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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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2014

We caught up with Jeff Overall , the founder of PolarPro, to better understand the company--plus the popularity of accessories specifically for GoPro cameras. What''s the story behind the company? Jeff Overall: It all started back in 2011, when I was going to the University of Santa Barbara. Why do you think that''s the case?

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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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Help Technical Review Patents Startup 92

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). 2011 was an incredibly huge year for us, and 2012 will be the same way. They started in January of 2005.

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Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

And honestly it was the single biggest roadblock at Upfront when we raised out fourth fund in 2011. The founding partner of Upfront, Yves Sisteron, has been a mentor for me since 1999 and was on the board of my first company. And he led what is currently our best performing company out of that 2012 fund – AdoreMe.

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Venture Capital Artificial Inteligence Invest Funding 150

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising company Airpush has quietly grown to around $100M in annual revenues, according to a recent ranking from Forbes--a big surprise, as the company was completely bootstrapped by founder Asher Delug , who eschewed the usual use of venture capital and private equity to build a company to those revenue levels.

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Startup Mobile Advertising Organization 196

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Maneesh works with Miramar portfolio companies to identify growth drivers, potential business partners and evaluate prospective investment opportunities. Currently, Maneesh serves on the board of the following Miramar portfolio companies: Genomera(observer), RealPractice, Welltok(observer). He joined Miramar in 2006.

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Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

No reports have indicated as of yet as to whether Apple’s new project will have similarities to other auto projects currently being undertaken by companies such as Google and Tesla. ” The advent of an electric vehicle from Apple could mean big changes for the auto industry, as well as, other technology companies.

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Google Design Patents Report 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Facebook just hit 1 billion active users globally and that was great but a new social payment application is set to make Facebook users across the world get more from their connections and even allowing companies to sell or receive payments from their pages. TechZulu caught up Robert Sussman, Co-CEO of Zunguz , the Facebook payment app.

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Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

socalTECH

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. How did this go from technology in a lab at UCLA, to a company? Our company was privately funded by our partners. What's the next steps for the company?

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UCLA Technical Review El Monte Startup 159

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” The old media companies were resistant to change. They have built proprietary ad serving, video serving and image recognition technology, complete with patents, and invented in-image advertising. News, Gannett, and Tribune.

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Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Tech Law Tip of the Week: explanation of a frequently-asked IP law question for tech companies. Gagnier consults technology firms on policy issues ranging from patent law reform to communications issues, such as Network Neutrality. Gagnier’s primary research concerns issues of cyber rights and the intersection of on and offline action.

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IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Founder and CEO since starting the company back in 1999, Miller has led Cornerstone through 11 years of consecutive growth. Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. In 2011, Business Insider ranked Legal Zoom No. 1 on this list.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Cyrus Farudi is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Flipswap, Inc in 2004 and Capsule in 2011.

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