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Sonos Declares Patent Victory

socalTECH

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the developer of whole-home music streaming systems, has declared victory in a patent infringement suit, which had been filed against the firm in 2012. The case--filed by Black Hills Media--had been slated to go to trial in June.

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Avoiding Intellectual Property Problems When Starting a New IT Business

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, September 18, 2012 -- Look Before You Leap: Avoiding Intellectual Property Problems When Starting a New IT Business. In businesses driven by information technology, your patents, trademarks and other intellectual properties are essential to your value.

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Grokker Wants to Help You Cook, Keep Fit and Meditate

Tech Zulu Event

That was 2012. We connect YOU (the passionate enthusiast) with expert video and our active community to help you embrace and practice your wellness passions. I founded Grokker in 2012. Grokker’s patent-pending approach allows us to cost effectively shoot and produce beautiful, compelling video classes of all kinds at scale.

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How PolarPro's Photo Filters Are Riding The GoPro Wave

socalTECH

We reached out to a few molding companies, but they all said we were too small and couldn''t help us with what we needed. However, one company in Indiana took us on, and helped us develop a snap-on filter that was pretty cool. We saw growth from just 850 filters in 2011 to 7500 filters in 2012. Why do you think that''s the case?

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Interview with Steve Jillings, TeleSign

socalTECH

2011 was an incredibly huge year for us, and 2012 will be the same way. What we do, is we help companies identify who is accessing their sites, and registering for their services. You found the team behind TeleSign, and have helped bring together a team to scale out the business. In 2011, we had two of our patents approved.

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AirPush's Asher Delug: Bootstrapping Your Way To $100M

socalTECH

Asher Delug: We have had amazing growth coming from our smart wall product, our inter-app interstitial ad product, which patent pending. I do think the key in bootstrapping is that it helps you organically, in that you make decisions you wouldn''t have made otherwise, out of need. What has been driving that growth?

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Why Coachella Valley Is a Hub for Renewable Energy Startups

Tech.Co

Joe: I came to the Coachella Valley in January of 2012 to serve as the Founder and Managing Director of the Palm Springs iHub. All of this attention has helped raise the profile of the region as a lifestyle destination, which has led entrepreneurs to see the valley in a positive light.

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