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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Los Angeles-based 3D movie projection technology developer RealD is reporting this morning that it has been issued a patent in Europe, for the company''s XL Cinema System. The company said European Patent No. The company says it now has more than 60 patents issued around the world. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 17, 2017

Goleta-based Resonant , which develops technology used for radio frequency (RF) filtering, says that it has just surpassed 125 issued and pending patents covering its technology. The company aid the two latest patents, issued on March 28th, were US Patent No.:

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard reported a win in court late Thursday, saying that the United States District Court, Central District of California has invalidated all patent claims asserted by McRO, Inc. activision blizzard patent lawsuit legal mcro planet blue callofduty synchronization uspto' dba Planet Blue. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Agoura-based Nomadix , which develops wireless and Internet gateway technology, which is in the midst of a patent fight with hotel entertainment company Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd. , has been ordered to provide up information on its patents as a result of a countersuit from Guest-Tek. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 4, 2018

in a patent infringement suite filed with the U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles)--the result of a patent litigation push by BlackBerry Ltd. looks similar to another lawsuit filed by Blackberry last month against Facebook, alleging Snapchat's app uses messaging technology owned by the company.

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AUGUST 26, 2016

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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APRIL 9, 2014

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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AUGUST 18, 2017

Pasadena-based material science technology developer Materia appears to be facing some legal challenges in court, according to Law360. patent infringement verdict over a chemical bond component Materia makes in January, and claims that Materia is still offering those infringing products for sale on its website.

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MAY 21, 2018

Vista-based Sound United , the parent firm of audio brands Denon, Marantz, Polk Audio, Definitive Technology, HEOS, Boston Acoustics and ClasseAudio, says it has settled all of the patent infringement litigation between the company and Santa Barbara-based Sonos. Both companies make speakers and home audio systems.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Since I have been involved at the board level with so many companies over the years, sometimes I can see connections that might be missed by a CEO with a singular focus. So, I was surprised and excited when one of these verbal fishing expeditions during a lunch brought up a technology the company had patented years before and forgotten.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest , the online comparison and research site headed by Kevin O''Connor, scored a legal win Friday, saying that a judge has invalidated a software patent owned by Lumen View Technology, LLC, which is in the midst of a patent battle with the company. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Irvine-based NGD Systems reported this morning that it has received two new patents for its solid state drive (SSD) technology. Both patents were developed by Vladimir Alves, the company's Chief Technology Officer, and Joao Alcantara. The company says it now has 14 patents from the U.S.

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Berkonomics

MAY 8, 2014

I am chairman of a company that, as I write this, is twelve years old and has not yet taken a dollar of outside investment. The company has been funded entirely by grants from the National Institute of Health, amounting to millions of non-dilutive dollars in all. Grant writing takes skill and immense amounts of time.

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JUNE 11, 2013

Irvine-based VIZIO , the manufacturer of HDTVs and other consumer electronics, said it has scored a win in another patent lawsuit today, saying that it has defeated a "patent troll". VIZIO said that it was granted summary judgement of invalidity on a patent held by Lochner Technologies LLC, a "non-practicing entity" (NPE).

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AUGUST 25, 2015

Los Angeles-based 3D movie projection technology developer RealD said today that it has reinforced its global IP protection, after a number of patent wins. The company called its competitors "unethical copycat infringers" whose businesses models are "built on copying" RealD's technology. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 6, 2016

San Diego-based Qualcomm said today that it has entered into a patent licensing deal with Chinese company Zhuhai Ewpe Information Technology Inc. Financial details of that license were not announced.

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JULY 22, 2014

Los Angeles-based online e-commerce retailer Newegg is trumpeting a new patent victory, saying that a "notorious troll" has been ordered to pay the company''s cost in a patent ruling. 6,128,415, a patent which covered the idea of tagging information about an image. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2014

Santa Barbara-based wireless speaker maker Sonos said Monday that it will start "forward-publishing" its patent applications, making the text of those patents available to the public far before they normally would be, saying it wants to "accelerate innovation". Sonos has already started posting those patents and patent applications.

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JANUARY 28, 2013

Most high tech executives in Southern California might not be aware that Newegg , the online electronics and technology products retailer, is based here in the City of Industry. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

Fountain Valley-based memory giant Kingston Technology was unable to reduce a $7.5M jury award for patent infringement on a "swiveling" cover for a USB flash memory device, after a California federal judge rejected the company's legal challenge to the jury's findings.

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APRIL 1, 2016

Qualcomm said that Ricardo, which provides engineering, strategic, technical and environmental consulting, has licensed its Qualcomm Halo patent portfolio, in order to commercialize systems for wireless electric vehicle charging. Financial details of that patnet license were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Los Angeles-based electric car maker Faraday Future has named a new VP to head up its product and technology products, according to the company. According to Faraday Future, it has named Jeff Risher as the company's Vice President of Product, Technology, and IP Strategy. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

Irvine-based electronics manufacturer VIZIO says it has won its tenth case against what it calls a "patent troll", after winning a summary judgement of invalidity and non-infringement on two patents held by Oplus Technologies, Ltd. vizio patent legal lawsuit trolle electronics oplus intellectual property' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 24, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm said late Thursday that it has acquired a huge stash of patents from HP , covering patents from Palm, IPAQ, and Bitfone. According to Qualcomm, it acquired approximately 1,000 granted patents and pending patent applications from Hewlett-Packard Company, Hewlett-Packard Development Co LP and Palm Inc.,

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

However, to a Big Dumb Company (BDC), a startup’s IP is a thing of beauty. Patents held by startups generally have a limited ability to reduce competition. The average time required to obtain a patent is 36-to-40 months, during which there is no guarantee your adVenture will ultimately receive patent protection.

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JUNE 11, 2012

Acacia Research , the patent and licensing firm which aggressively licenses its portfolio of patents to technology companies, said Monday that it has acquired 7 medtech patent portfolios, comprising over 150 patents and pending applications. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 28, 2011

San Diego-based Covario , the search engine optimization and search engine marketing software firm headed by Russ Mann, revealed this week that it has secured its first patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The firm said the patent covers technology used in its SEO Audit Score System. According to the U.S.

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JANUARY 26, 2012

Irvine-based RFaxis , the semiconductor startup headed by Mike Neshat, reported Thursday that the firm has just received four patents for its technology. The firm said it now has had more than 30 patents filed for its architecture of its RF, front-end integrated circuits. The firm did not details the patents, however, the U.S.

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JULY 17, 2012

Irvine-based VIZIO , the maker of HDTVs, has signed another patent license deal, this time with Seiki Digital , the company said Tuesday. VIZIO has been aggressively signing up companies as licensees to its patent portfolio, which it describes as a "substantial worldwide patent portfolio directed to digital television technology."

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MARCH 11, 2015

San Diego-based Seashell Technology , a developer of nanotechnology in the nanowire area, has sold the technology, patents, and other rights to its silver nanowire technology to chemical giant BASF. According to the companies, BASF is using the acquisition to extend its solutions for the display industry.

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MAY 22, 2015

Los Angeles-based 3D movie projection technology developer RealD has filed a patent infringement suit in Paris, saying that a 3D manufacturer and cinema operator are infringing upon a European patent. The company said the lawsuit was filed with the Paris First Instance Court, and covers European patent.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Agoura Hills-based wired and wireless gateway developer Nomadix said today that it has settled a patent infringement case it had filed against Aruba Networks. Nomadix said the settlement included a license to Aruba of its patent portfolio covering Internet access technology. Nomadix is a subsidiary of DOCOMO interTouch.

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JULY 16, 2012

Two San Diego technology firms, SmartDrive Systems , and DriveCam , have settled a patent spat between the two companies this morning. According to the two, they have agreed to resolve all outstanding patent litigation and trade secret claims between the two companies. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 31, 2016

Pasadena-based Caltech has sued both Apple Computer and Broadcom over their use of technology used in Wi-Fi networking. According to the lawsuit, The California Institute of Technology v. The patents owned by Caltech are U.S. The patents owned by Caltech are U.S. Patent's 7,116,710, 7,421,032, 7,916,781 and 8,284,833.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

Santa Ana-based Universal Electronics , a developer of wireless remote control technology, and consumer electronics firm Logitech said this morning that the two have settled a patent infringement lawsuit that had been filed by Universal against Logitech. Financial terms and details of the settlement were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

MAY 9, 2024

Conversely, a fast-growing industry lifts most all good participants, making excellent companies excel even more and grow even faster, like a small plane flying at 150 knots with a 75-knot tailwind. A core patent or “thicket” of patents protecting your offering? How large is your total market? Are margins high enough?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2020

Young entrepreneurs often are so excited by new technology or their latest invention that they forget to translate it into a value proposition that their customers or potential investors can understand and relate to. This priority applies to big companies, as well as startups. Customer data integrity and security.

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