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Apple Patent Trial Goes to Jury | Why Fight When You Can License

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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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Monetizing Innovation

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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. to Apple, Sony, Microsoft, EMC consortium.

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First Ever Startup Weekend Orange County Live!

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in venture capital and publicly launched in May 2011. He has served on advisory committees for Microsoft, IBM, Novell, and Cisco. He also has product strategy and business development experience in the areas of video-on-demand services and RF CMOS components. Based in Newport Beach, CatchFree has raised $5.5m