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Qualcomm Seeks To Ban Imports Of iPhones With Patent Infringement Filing

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San Diego-based Qualcomm has ramped up its battle with Apple , saying on Thursday that it will seek to ban the importation of iPhones into the United States, over violation of its patents. Qualcomm said the patents Apple is infringing upon include six patents, U.S. 8,633,936, U.S. 8,698,558, U.S. 8,487,658, U.S. 8,838,949, U.S.

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Hire for your core. Partner for the rest.

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Patents, branding, marketing and more. In the patent world, we protect this intellectual core with what we call a “patent thicket,” aptly describing the attempt to surround the core patent with other patents that defend the core and further prevent competitors from attacking the central component of the business.

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8 Key Startup Drivers Bring Pleasure As Well As Sweat

Startup Professionals Musings

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Your solution fills a real market need. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible.

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6 Mistakes Often Made Positioning Against Competition

Startup Professionals Musings

They are also seeking to find out how you handle one of the many tough questions that a new founder will get in today’s market. He or she will assume your comment means there is no market for your product or service, or you haven’t looked. Neither speaks well for you or your startup. Proclaim your solution as a paradigm shift.

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6 Lessons Most Entrepreneurs Only Learn On The Street

Startup Professionals Musings

You may think that patents and copyrights are not required, since your products are so innovative, but you will find that competitors are quick to copy your idea if you don’t protect it. Although Elon Musk doesn’t talk about it very much, he owns over 350 patents through Tesla, just one of his many companies.

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Thank you to our sponsors and advertisers

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Once again, we'd like to thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Advertisers. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. They include: Sponsors.

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UberMedia's New Product Ties Your Ad Views To Your Local Shopping

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Pasadena-based mobile ad measurement platform developer UberMedia , one of the companies out of Idealab, has released a new, mobile attribution product that tracks cross-media advertisement and correlates that to foot traffic in stores. READ MORE>>.

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