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APRIL 16, 2013

Los Angeles-based RPost , the developer of email encryption, proof-of-delivery, and electronic signature services, and email encryption provider Zix Corporation announced this morning that the two have settled a lawsuit that RPost had filed against ZixCorp, alleging patent infringement. READ MORE>>.

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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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JUNE 18, 2014

Los Angeles-based 3D movie projection technology developer RealD has dropped a patent infringement lawsuit it had filed against competitor Volfoni , however, is threatening to sue Volfoni if it ever tries to sell its products in the United States. patents at the heart of the lawsuit. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Los Angeles-based Meetrix , a developer of an online virtual conference room service, said today that it has granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. The patent, number 7,664,056, was issued February 16th, and covers "Media based collaboration using mixed-mode PSTN and Internet networks".

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JULY 28, 2015

Los Angeles-based online retailer Newegg said this morning that it has scored another win over what it called a "patent troll"--and has launched a 24-hour flash sale on its site in celebration. Newegg's big celebration sale runs through the rest of today. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 22, 2018

The Alliance estimates that Southern California’s tech community could be one-third the size of Silicon Valley’s by supporting or further developing the six pillars it already has for innovation to occur.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

San Diego-based video software developer DivX has just filed another lawsuit against Los Angeles-based Hulu, alleging patent infringement for its video-streaming and playback technologies. DivX filed the lawsuit in the Ninth Circuit of the California Central District Court.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

Los Angeles-based 3D movie projection technology developer RealD has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against two companies in Germany, Volfoni and CinemaNext , allegig the two are infringing on a number of its patents. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 26, 2021

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, SPINN, developing a fully automated, mobile- or voice-controlled coffee maker which grinds beans, heats water, and brews coffee for users, said on Monday that it has raised $20M in a funding round.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Los Angeles-based RPost , a developer of email encryption and electronic signature services, and competitor Goodmail Systems said Tuesday morning that the two have settled a patent suit and legal issues between the firms, and are now in a strategic partnership. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed.

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JUNE 18, 2009

Burbank-based CEIVA Logic , a developer of Internet-connected, digital photo frames, said this week that a Los Angeles Federal District Court has ruled that competitor Frame Media's products infringe on one of its patents, relating to its digital photo sharing system. Patent, No., 65,442,573, owned by the company.

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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.

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MARCH 29, 2018

Female-first dating app developer Bumble has countersued Match Group , the parent company of Los Angeles-based dating app developer Tinder , alleging theft of trade secrets, fraud, unfair competition, and more, and seeking $400M in damages. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Dallas County, Texas.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Typo , the Los Angeles startup backed by Ryan Seacrest which is developing a BlackBerry-like keyboard for the iPhone, has struck back against the patent lawsuit filed against the firm by BlackBerry. typo angeles startup patent infringement lawsuit blackberry keyboard legal intellectual property court'

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JULY 19, 2011

Los Angeles-based RPost , a developer of electronic signature services, has filed a suit against Adobe and EchoSign for patent infringement, the firm said this morning. RPost sued Santa Barbara-based RightSignature and fellow electronic signature firm DocuSign in June over the same patents.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Los Angeles-based transportation technology developer HyperLoop One continues to fall deeper into the rabbit hole, out of its carefully crafted image of reality and into the alternative reality of back-and-forth legal proceedings against its former CTO and co-founder, Brogan BamBrogan. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Los Angeles-based smartphone case-and-keyboard maker Typo , which is backed by Ryan Seacrest, was sued again this week by BlackBerry. BlackBerry--which already has an outstanding lawsuit against Typo--claims the company''s redesigned Typo 2 smartphone case still infringes upon its patents. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 6, 2016

Los Angeles-based Acuant , a developer of identity management and identity verification technology, said this morning that it has acquired AssureTec Technologies , a provider of identity, document authentication, and data capture products. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Cyborg Industries said yesterday that it has launched a "revolutionary, patented data transfer technology" called the Spectrocable, developed by 14-year old high school sophomore Nicolas Dupont.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Los Angeles-based OnGreen , the online green business marketplace headed by Nikhil Jain, said Wednesday that it has snagged Erik Steeb as the firm's new Vice President of Business Development. in a Series A funding round, has been looking to develop an online marketplace for clean business deals. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 22, 2019

After putting the brakes on the botox business, Paiji reached out on LinkedIn to Syed Naqzi, the director of research and development at Method with her pitch for the cleaning product business. With Naqzi on board, the company began filing patents for its unique process and the products it’s bringing to market, says Paiji.

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MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies.

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APRIL 26, 2017

Los Angeles-based Faraday Future , which is developing high tech electric vehicles, has been sued by a manufacturer of electric bicycles, Faraday Bicycles , in a trademark lawsuit in the Ninth Circuit, California Northern District Court. Faraday Future Inc. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday.

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MAY 19, 2011

Los Angeles-based Topanga Technologies , the developer of solid state, plasma lighting products, said Wednesday that it has added Gregg Hollingsworth as its Vice President of Engineering. Topanga Technologies said that Hollingsworth holds 14 pending patents in the RF electrodeless plasma lamp area. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 5, 2010

Los Angeles-based GoTV Networks , a developer of mobile applications, said today that it has acquired the HOMBRE (Hands-On Mobile Binary Runtime Environment) division of Hands-On Mobile Inc. As part of the acquisition, the firm said it has named Scott Scherer as SVP of Product Development and Technology for the firm.

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AUGUST 29, 2013

A new, Los Angeles area startup, JumpStartFund (www.jumpstartfund.com) recently launched, offering up a combination of crowdfunding and crowd-advice for entrepreneurial ideas. It is one of the older incubators in Los Angeles, even though not a lot of people know about it. and NASA, as well as universities.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

The Vinetta Project (www.vinettaproject.com), a group which is focused on helping to accelerate the growth of female-led startups, announced a few weeks ago that it is working with P&G Ventures, the internal "startup studio" of Procter and Gamble on an effort to help female-led companies in Los Angeles. What is The Vinetta Project?

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. www.pitchtheangels.com) Join Tech Coast Angels members and other start up investors at the 5th Annual Los Angeles Fast Pitch Competition. Fast Pitch Los Angeles is one of the best start up networking events of the year. Don't miss it!

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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. The last I sold was in 2004, when I relocated to Los Angeles.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. LA By The Numbers.

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology? I seldom hire patent attorneys during due diligence but this was too important. Note: Company headquarters is in Los Angeles with major R&D also happening in Northern Virginia. We hired OSHA regulatory lawyers. Upfront Ventures'

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

Your Software Development Partner. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

To better understand exactly where EV technology is today, we caught up with Caradoc Ehrenhalt , the CEO and founder of a Los Angeles startup, EV Safe Charge (www.evsafecharge.com), to chat a bit about his view of where EV charging technology today. It's been an exciting two years. It's very exciting to me.

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JUNE 19, 2009

Your Software Development Partner. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions.

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JULY 25, 2016

Our interview with a startup entrepreneur this morning is with Avantika Shahi , the founder and CEO of Haus (www.grademyhaus.com), a new Los Angeles startup hoping to create a new way for people to search for homes. The early stage, self funded startup recently launched its beta in Los Angeles. What is Haus all about?

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JUNE 26, 2009

Your Software Development Partner. Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions.

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MAY 12, 2014

3D printing has been around for the past 30 years, however patents prevented others from advancing such technology. Now, those patents have finally dissolved and allowed a new wave of innovators to take advantage of the technology. Los Angeles has been the hotbed of creative innovations in recent years.

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