socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Santa Barbara-based whole home audio systems developer Sonos has scored a win in the courts this week, when a federal judge invalidated a home audio patent held by D&M Holdings , the owner of such brands as Denon and Boston Acoustics. D&M Holdings had filed a patent infringement suit (D&M Holdings et al. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2018

According to reports, a jury began deliberations Friday on the case, which was filed in 2016 by former business partner Steven Lamar. The royalty dispute is over whether the royalty agreement between Lamar, Dre, and Iovine only coverd the first version of the Beats' headphones, or all subsequent designs.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Spearheading the new program is Jennifer Monti, a cardiologist who joined the hospital in June 2016. Front-line staff are uniquely positioned to articulate clinically relevant needs and to articulate the design-based principles that can make our healthcare smarter and more human,” Monti said. Questions of IP.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Patents issued to you before you incorporate the business will not be considered part of the business valuation by investors. Don’t let your dream be derailed by failing to focus early on the design of the business, as much as you are focusing on the design of your product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2016

The challenge is to do it by design like these guys, rather than by exception. Patents and other intellectual property must be secured at this point. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 07/15/2016. Elon Musk has done it with SpaceX and Tesla, and Steve Jobs did it on a regular basis at Apple.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2016

You need patents and trademarks as a barrier to entry. Building a business is much more complex than building a house, and I don’t see any houses winning awards that were built without a documented design and plan. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 02/24/2016.

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