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Qualcomm Sues Chinese Company Over Patent Licensing

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According to Qualcomm, it had attempted to negotiate with Meizu to sign a patent license agreement, consistent with Qualcomm's agreement with China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in 2015--but that Meizu has gone ahead and used Qualcomm's technology without a patent license agreement.

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After Decades of R&D, Bose Amps Up VC Deals in AR, Wearables, Wellness

Xconomy

For the first 50 years of its existence, Bose Corporation invested primarily in in-house research and development to produce its lineup of high-end headphones, speakers, and other audio technologies. The privately held company made its first investment in a startup in late 2015, and last year it officially launched a corporate venture.

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3 Things You (Probably) Don’t Know about Indiana Innovation

Xconomy

In fact, they led the way for the state’s GDP growth of 3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015, which was the highest in the nation , according to the U.S. When doctors implant devices to replace a patient’s missing bones or support damaged bones, those devices were probably designed, developed, and/or manufactured in Warsaw.

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8 Myths Technologists Believe That Sink Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

If you consider yourself a technologist, you probably believe and may be propagating one of the following myths: The first priority for funding should be to develop the technology. Outside investors are most interested in scaling a proven business model, not research and development. Most founders bootstrap product development.

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8 Key Rules for Starting a Business on a Shoestring

Startup Professionals Musings

Trademarks, copyrights and even patents can be completed online by anyone through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office site for a few hundred dollars. Of course, not all new startup ideas can be developed this way, so pick an idea that fits. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 9/4/2015.

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Interview with Kanaan Jemili, uCast Global

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Weve also developed technology that allows them to get a really easy start. Weve also developed technology that allows them to get a really easy start. They can start on mobile online, or mobile and web, and then develop other applications for Snap TV, Roku, and scale the service as they move forward. I have a Ph.D.

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How Beatshare Is Tackling Music And Messaging

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Barry Lieberman: My backgruond is about 35 years in technology, business development, and sales and marketing. I built my own company around marketing services, and have been around business development, marketing, custom service, and sales, and also on the consumer side of technology, a little bit a mix of the two. All are separate.