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Sonos, Sound United Settle Patent Spat

socalTECH

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.

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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Software Patents

Startup Professionals Musings

I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” patents can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors or M&A exits (merger and acquisition).

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Software Patents Have Become a Startup Nightmare

Startup Professionals Musings

I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. This patent holding company has charged infringement and demanded royalties from every app developer for the iPhone and Android, for a feature most agree has been in apps for many years.

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Vizio Sued By MIT

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Irvine-based HDTV maker Vizio has been sued in federal court by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , claiming that the electronics maker violated patents owned by MIT. MIT's suit said that the patents it created are being violated in nearly 150 Vizio models. According to the lawsuit, Massachusetts Institute of Technology v.

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Hire for your core. Partner for the rest.

Berkonomics

By definition, your core is your intellectual property foundation, the thing that makes your business most valuable to customers, investors and perhaps someday to potential buyers. There is much to reinforce in such behavior.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

Definitely take a look at he suggests you balance the choices. Again, relying on StartupRoar this time looking at NDA for Startups , I found some good stuff that you should definitely go through in more detail. Definitely read the whole thing. "We are doing something in mobile advertising." " Ummm.

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VIZIO Sues LG Electronics

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Irvine-based VIZIO , a maker of HDTVs and other consumer electronics, said late Friday that the firm has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Korean electronics firm LG Electronics. Tags: hdtv legal lawsuit patent electronics vizio.

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