socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

Forsblom is now in Los Angeles and San Diego, and reinventing himself with a mobile application company called TenFarms (www.tenfarms.com). Nils Forsblom: TenFarms is a mobile app developer. We build mobile products, not just mobile applications, but products around them. What are TenFarms and PhotoPoll?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. Some argue to simply eliminate software patents, while others put their hopes in U.S. Every business is global, but patent rules differ around the world.

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Patents Software Review Software Technical Advisors 53

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Apple rested their defense today in their final attempt to stave off a patent lawsuit with far-reaching implications for all smartphone makers. Based on the report’s conclusions, Apple requested that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) re-examine Ditzik’s patent.

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Patents IBM IBM Email 82

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2016

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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Product Idealab Patents Pasadena 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

A strong answer should be something like “Our product introduces a new lower-cost technology, which we have patented and trademarked, that makes us very attractive today, and will provide a wealth of additional products as we move forward.” The problem is that startups have limited resources to keep them ahead of big companies.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

Newport Beach-based Acacia Research , the technology patent licensing firm, said today that it has named two VPs. The firm said it has named Eric Lucas as Senior Vice President, and John Schneider as Vice President at the company. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Pitching app developers with a new way to convert app browsers into actual customers, AppOnboard has raised $15 million in a new round of funding, the company said. Company co-founder Jonathan Zweig has already had one hit as a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur. The company already has offices in London and in cities across the U.S.,

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 14, 2012

Google has confirmed the firing of 20 percent of Motorola Mobility employees. A company it bought in May. The company will also close a third of its offices worldwide. Google will also simplify Motorola’s mobile product portfolio to profitability. Motorola lost money in fourteen of the last sixteen quarters.

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Layoffs Google Mobile Patents 63

Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Commissioner of Patents in 1899. Innovation does not always equal invention. That was Charles H.

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Artificial Inteligence UCLA Web Patents 156

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2012

The companies said that Qualcomm has granted Semp Toshiba a patent license to sell 3G WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, and 4G OFDMA (LTE) equipment in Brazil. Semp Toshiba is an electronics manufacturer, selling desktops, notebooks, mobile phones, and tablets. Financial terms of the licensing deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Patents San Diego Mobile Company 124

Xconomy

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM ) said the court had granted two preliminary injunctions against the subsidiaries over patents the San Diego company said Apple had violated. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Sales San Diego Patents Screening 45

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

How 'IP Capitalists' are beating Venture Capitalists in Innovative Companies? Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12B to get access to their 17,000 patents. Nortel sold its 6000 patents for $4.5B Even IBM (the #1 in US Patents) sold over 1000 of its patents recently. See [link] (more)

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Technology Council IP TCOSC Patents 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Venice, California-based startup Vyng , which develops software which turns calls from friends into cute "video ringtones" that show up on your lock screen when a friend calls, has raised $4M in a funding round, the company said on Thursday.

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Venice Screening Patents Software 133

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising company Airpush has quietly grown to around $100M in annual revenues, according to a recent ranking from Forbes--a big surprise, as the company was completely bootstrapped by founder Asher Delug , who eschewed the usual use of venture capital and private equity to build a company to those revenue levels.

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Startup Mobile Advertising Organization 196

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2019

A strong answer should be something like “Our product introduces a new lower-cost technology, which we have patented and trademarked, that makes us very attractive today, and will provide a wealth of additional products as we move forward.” The problem is that startups have limited resources to keep them ahead of big companies.

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Competition Patents Resource Invest 120

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

At SGN we've seen steady revenue growth and we are a profitable company. 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. What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013?

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Technical Review Southern California Incubator High Tech 223

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Take electricity as an input and through a process called ultrasonic transduction to convert it to a soundwave that can be beamed from a transmitter to a sleeve on your mobile phone that would use and ultrasound receiver to convert it back to electricity and charge your phone. .” The approach was clever and novel. It was impressive.

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Technical Review Software Review CTO Hire IP 418

Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Commissioner of Patents in 1899. So, could you be the next Ford, Jobs or Musk? Duell, U.S.

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Artificial Inteligence UCLA Web Patents 256

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Kanaan Jemili: uCast Global is a digital media company that is looking at creating a scalable global solution for online video. For instance, one of our targets are those who have large audiences, like mobile carriers. We build products and services tied to mobile carriers. The first one is telecom companies and mobile carriers.

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Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2022

For example, BlackBerry was really the first in the smart mobile phone market, but they never thought beyond their tiny physical keyboard as they added new features. There is some evidence that strategic pairing of wildly different companies has tremendous value for both, and leads to some of the most innovative growth strategies.

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Competition Examples Customer Custom 139

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

As a business advisor, I have to recommend even to established companies that they review and revamp their competitive strategy now, even if it appears to be working today. The old approaches of controlling distribution channels, saturating retail, and methodically scaling your brand awareness don’t protect you anymore.

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Competition Software Review Social Media Customer 142

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2021

In business, just leading your company is not enough. Elon Musk offered his battery patents free to all takers in order to expand the electric car market, and provide a common infrastructure. These leaders also carefully consider timing—when to make a move or to discuss issues, or mobilize other leaders to focus on common objectives.

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Patents Mentor Customer Custom 138

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2015

A strong answer should be something like “Our product introduces a new lower-cost technology, which we have patented and trademarked, that makes us very attractive today, and will provide a wealth of additional products as we move forward.” The problem is that startups have limited resources to keep them ahead of big companies.

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Startup Competition Patents Resource 118

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2012

In a mobile world, what's a unique way to reach out to your friends and others? We spoke with Allison Dollar, Chief Strategy Officer at the company and member of the founding team, about what the company's service is all about. We have a mobile app, and a Facebook app, and all of that can be private labeled.

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Social Network Mobile Media Examples 246

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2019

It turned out, that was definitely the case, and that's how the company was created. We haven't done any paid marketing or advertising, but more and more companies are finding us, and our business has started developing. Any big lessons you've learned creating a startup after being at a big company? It's very exciting to me.

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Startup Customer Custom Entrepreneur 243

socalTECH

MAY 17, 2017

San Diego-based Qualcomm announced this morning that it has filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California against FIH Mobile Ltd. over non-payment of royalties owed to the company for manufacturing Apple's iPhones and iPads. and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2014

A strong answer should be something like “Our product introduces a new lower-cost technology, which we have patented and trademarked, that makes us very attractive today, and will provide a wealth of additional products as we move forward.” The problem is that startups have limited resources to keep them ahead of big companies.

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Entrepreneur Competition Patents Resource 110

socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

In the world of mobile app and Internet startups, it''s not that often that you see companies who touch the hardware side of the world get funding nowadays. One of the companies that has recently is On Ramp Wireless (www.onrampwireless.com), a San Diego company in the M2M market headed by Kevin Hell.

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Technical Review Software Review Networking Technology 213

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2012

How do you go about getting a company product--and company--funded through crowdsourcing? Olloclip managed to fund and start the company based on crowdfunding, and is one of the most popular projects that has been funded through Kickstarter. I've been focused only on mobile for the last twelve years. Patrick O'Neill.

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Patents Ideas Design Startup 191

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

We recently ran into Dialplus (www.dialplus.net), a company which is developing mobile applications which pull up social networking profiles from Facebook or other sites when you make a phone call to a friend. What does your company do? How did the company come about? This is the perfect convergence of mobile and web.

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VentureNet Startup Mobile Technology Council 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2018

A strong answer should be something like “Our product introduces a new lower-cost technology, which we have patented and trademarked, that makes us very attractive today, and will provide a wealth of additional products as we move forward.” The problem is that startups have limited resources to keep them ahead of big companies.

Competition 51

Competition Patents Resource Entrepreneur 51

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

This is going to be fairly specific to the company. "We are doing something in mobile advertising." Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property? This will only be disclosed when there is an NDA in place. How Stealthy Should You Be? " Ummm.

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Startup IP Ideas Patents 211

socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave told us about how and why he and his co-founders--both previously executives at Twistbox--decided to start their own startup, specifically outside of the mobile industry, and a bit about the product. We've been steeped in mobile content development and publishing. How long has Bccthis been around?

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Email Startup Mobile Ideas 185

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

This is going to be fairly specific to the company. "We are doing something in mobile advertising." Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property? This will only be disclosed when there is an NDA in place. How Stealthy Should You Be? " Ummm.

Startup 198

Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Orange County startup Beatshare --backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Harvard Business School Angels, and Archangels, among others�thinks it's figured out the formula to make music the message in its mobile app. I've always been a mobile enthusiast, in technology and design and user experience. How did you two connect?

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Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach Startup Pasadena Angels 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based Vyclone (www.vyclone.com) has created a mobile application which lets users capture videos, and automatically edits and combines multiple points of view from people nearby, and remixes it into an even more compelling video. We caught up with CEO David King Lassman to hear what the company's up to.

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Startup Entertainment Los Angeles Ideas 235

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2019

It turned out, that was definitely the case, and that's how the company was created. We haven't done any paid marketing or advertising, but more and more companies are finding us, and our business has started developing. Any big lessons you've learned creating a startup after being at a big company? It's very exciting to me.

Startup 133

Startup Customer Custom News 133