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Transphorm Gets Patents

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Goleta-based Transphorm , the developer of Gallium Nitride (GaN) power conversion technology, reports that it has scored two patents covering its technology. The first patent names James Honea and Yifeng Wu as inventors, and was initially filed in August of 2013. READ MORE>>.

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Nimbus Data Trumpets Patent

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Aliso Viejo-based Nimbus Data , a developer of flash-based storage products for the cloud infrastructure market, said it has received a "new" patent for its deduplication technology. The company said it was granted patent 8,751,763, entitled "Low-overhead Deduplication within Block-based Data Storage". READ MORE>>.

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Lytx Trumpets New Patents

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San Diego-based a href="[link] , the developer of camera-based, driver safety and monitoring systems, said Wednesday that it received five patents in 2013, and filed applications for an additional, 18 patents on its technology. Lytx did not say what it intends to do with its growing patent trove. READ MORE>>.

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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Software Patents

Startup Professionals Musings

I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” patents can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors or M&A exits (merger and acquisition).

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What Mattered in 2012: Aber Whitcomb, io/LA

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We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms.

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Southern Californian, US Entrepreneurs Visit 10 Downing Street

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Connell spoke about the many pro-foreign-enterprise initiatives the Cameron government has passed and Van der Kleij fielded questions and feedback on topics ranging from Patent Law to secondary markets. Patent Box ," a new preferential tax regime on patents being considered by the UK government, was a topic of considerable discussion.

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SYNCFAB | Connecting Creative Community to Local Manufacturing Businesses

Tech Zulu Event

New and innovative designers are popping up everywhere, thanks to new technology like 3D printing. SYNCFAB originally started in 2013 as 3D Lab Works to research the advantages of 3D printing and compare it to traditional manufacturing and in turn also help revive the US manufacturing industry. I wouldn’t think so.

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