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KFx Sues Arthrex For Patent Infringement, Again

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San Diego-based medical device manufacturer KFx Medical , whichi s venture backed by Alloy Ventures, Charter Life Sciences, Arboretum Ventures, Montreux Equity Partners, and MB Venture Partners, has filed a lawsuit again, against Arthrex. KFx said it is being represented by Knobbe Martens oand COLE SCHOTZ P.C. in the lawsuit.

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Qualcomm Fined $774M By Taiwan

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San Diego-based Qualcomm is facing more overseas antitrust woes, and has just been fined $773.9M by Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission. According to the Fair Trade Commission, Qualcomm unfairly exercised a "monopoly position" for its chips used in mobile communications for seven years, and ordered Qualcomm to pay 23.4 READ MORE>>.

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Bio Roundup: Eli Lilly Tries Tau, Generic Insulin, NASH Cash & More

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The patent holder, the University of Toronto, gave companies the right to manufacture insulin. But the university also allowed them to patent the improvements they made, which enabled them to slap higher prices on each new version. to offer competitive pricing pressure. to offer competitive pricing pressure.

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Biotech Roundup: Deals Gone Wrong, Ethical Red Flags & Bay Goodbyes

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Merck also saw some expected fruits of its 2014 big-ticket acquisition of Cubist Pharmaceuticals wither away this week, as the Supreme Court wouldn’t reverse a decision that shaved years off the patent life of the top-selling antibiotic daptomyicin (Cubicin). billion acquisition of San Diego’s Auspex Pharmaceuticals last year.

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Interview with Kanaan Jemili, uCast Global

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San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili. In 2004 and 2005, I was at DivX in San Diego, and I was head of product there. Who are your core customers? I have a Ph.D.

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Interview with Jonathan Simkin, SwoopThat

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Jonathan Simkin: I was actually in high school when I decided I'd either start a company when I graduated, or go into patent law. Jonathan Simkin: One of the things I did after graudating, is I joined CONNECT, which is like the entrepreneurial center and hub in San Diego, which is run in conjunction with UCSD and other schools here.

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On Ramp Wireless: Connecting The Smart Grid

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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. However, if you''re successful, the payout is quite large, and there''s a little bit less competition in the space.