socalTECH

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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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

San Diego-based Truvian , which is developing a benchtop, blood testing system to provide lab results for a number of health tests, said it has named Shane Bowen, Ph.D., Truvian says Bowen is the primary contributor to over 60 patent applications. as its Senior Vice President of Engineering. READ MORE>>.

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San Diego Patents Research Technology 124

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

San Diego-based Verimatrix , a developer of digital rights management (DRM) software for the set top box market, reported Tuesday that it has settled a patent dispute with competitor Widevine Technologies. Patent Nos. The patent lawsuit was filed in August of 2007. 7,165,175 and 7,376,831.

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Patents San Diego Software Report 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

San Diego-based Qualcomm , and Preh, GmbH , which is part of Joyson Electronics Group, said this morning that the two are in a new, wireless electric vehicle charging license agreement. Financial details of the licensing deal were not announced by the companies. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 22, 2018

Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California Innovation has just released a report to analyze how SoCal can work to assume its pole position.

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2013

San Diego-based Daylight Solutions , which develops infrared laser, molecular detection and imaging systems, reported this week that it has inked a license agreement with Corning. According to the firm, the license deal gives Corning Incorporated access to the company''s mid-infrared quantum cascade laser (QCL) technology.

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Patents San Diego Report Technology 157

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AUGUST 8, 2016

San Diego-based Qualcomm announced yet another license deal in China over the weekend, this time with vivo Communication Technology Co.,

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socalTECH

APRIL 1, 2016

San Diego-based Qualcomm reported a win today with electric vehicle charging consultant Ricardo. 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.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm announced this morning that it has acquired a number of gesture recognition assets from GestureTek , a developer of gesture recognition technology. The firm is integrating that gesture recognition technology into its line of Snapdragon processors. READ MORE>>.

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Technology San Diego Acquisition Resource 133

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JULY 18, 2019

Carlsbad-based ViaSat , which develops satellite communications and other wireless networking technology, has been awarded $49.3M Specifically, Viasat said the award came from Acacia's breach of contract and unauthorized use of its soft decision forward error correction (SDFEC) technology.

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IP Outsource Development San Diego Technology 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm has made another investment in femtocell and picocell technology developer ip.access , as part of a new round of funding. Ip.access is using Qualcomm's technology, including its Femtocell Station Modem (FSM) chipsets and femtocell patents. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

San Diego-based AwarePoint has raised $4.0M, part of an ongoing, $10.4M The filing indicates the round is a convertible round for the company, and includes JAFCO Technology Partners, Venrock, Cardinal Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Vanguard Health Systems, among others. READ MORE>>.

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Funding San Diego Patents Technology 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

San Diego-based Qualcomm said late Monday that it will pay $975 million to China, to settle China''s claims that the company had violated its anti-monopoly laws. Qualcomm reached the record payment after a resolution with China''s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).

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San Diego Patents Marketing Technology 100

socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2013

San Diego-based Imprimis Pharmaceuticals said this morning that it has licensed a set of intellectual property assets, from Buderer Drug Company. Imprimis said it is developing innovations based on technology from the compounding pharmacy operations of Buderer. Financial details of the licensing deal were not announced.

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socalTECH

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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Mobile Networking San Diego Patents 154

socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2010

San Diego-based Cibus Global , a developer of technology for engineering agricultural crops, has raised $1.16M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Tuesday. The funding appears to be part of an ongoing, $2.6M fundraising by the firm.

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San Diego Patents Venture Capital Capital 140

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

This week our guest is Nathan Myhrvold , the former Microsoft chief technology officer who, since 2000, has headed Intellectual Ventures, a Bellevue, WA-based firm that buys, develops, and licenses technology patents and other intellectual property.

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Chief Technology Officer Patents Entrepreneur Technology 85

Xconomy

MARCH 22, 2018

For the first 50 years of its existence, Bose Corporation invested primarily in in-house research and development to produce its lineup of high-end headphones, speakers, and other audio technologies. But in the past few years, Bose has also started to look outside its walls for other sources of innovation.

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Venture Capital Patents Research Invest 70

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Last week, San Diego-based Confident Technologies (www.confidenttechnologies.com) announced that it had acquired the assets of Vidoop, and created a company focused on security and authentication of users. What does Confident Technologies do? We also assumed over 50 pending patents, from ten different patent families.

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Technology Web Sites Orange County 124

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

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. What we specialize in, is the way we deliver this content in a seamless way, in high quality, with the latest technology available.

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Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

Xconomy

JULY 5, 2016

When doctors implant devices to replace a patient’s missing bones or support damaged bones, those devices were probably designed, developed, and/or manufactured in Warsaw. These institutes of higher learning are encouraging innovators to develop work to impact the everyday lives of people around the world. The results?

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Patents Research Anthem Education 67

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2017

How did the company and its technology come about? They had earlier on, developed a version of this as a medical product to use for law enforcement, but it was not the right time and place, the technology was not quite there, and the drug recognition program wasn't yet accepted at a national basis.

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socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

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. The firm recently raised a $15M series C funding, and we caught up with Kevin to learn more about why its customers, and investors, are interested in its technology.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

Fifteen years now down the line, I'm now connecting the dots between design, technology, and real estate software. We're hoping to expand in San Diego and San Francisco next. We'll see how consumers respond to our technology, and take it from there. Where are you in terms of product?

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Xconomy

AUGUST 19, 2016

All those years of hard work to reach the promised land, then just as a drug owner is ready to spike it home and take a victory lap, the FDA’s hands rise over the net… OK, it’s not a perfect analogy, but it’s better than comparing the patent fight over the gene editing system CRISPR-Cas9 to table tennis. (Be

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Xconomy

MAY 30, 2016

Lita Nelsen has seen it up close—and played a part in its evolution—from her studies there in the 1960s, to her business-school fellowship in the late 1970s, to her 30 years working in MIT’s Technology Licensing Office. Now, her career has come to a close. LN: Right, he came on a sabbatical year.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

CRISPR DEVELOPMENTS. —Oral arguments in the landmark patent fight over ownership of the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 were set for Dec. Patent and Trademark Office. —Despite the patent fight, CRISPR work continues apace. —Despite the patent fight, CRISPR work continues apace.

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Patents Study Pricing Research 87

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

Tell me about Bitvore - what''s your technology used for? I was hired to head up strategy, marketing development, and product management. Where did all of that technology come from? Jeff Curie: It is a very advanced piece of technology. That''s the unique nature of this technology. out of UC Irvine.

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Orange County Startup News IBM 245

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

However, we''ve developed a formula of what, and how we look at deals, and have built out our own advisory network, where we use domain experts to vet deals out. My background, is I''ve been designing and developing accessories for the top carriers in the country, companies like Sprint and Verizon, as well as others.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 27, 2016

“Our biggest problem is that we look at all this new technology being developed by startups, but integrating it with our, frankly, archaic systems is incredibly complex and costly.” Infrastructure designed with all the new technology and none of the limitations. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Design Technology Startup Artificial Inteligence 72

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I was immediately reminded that they were interested in seeing the slides as the main partner who had courted me at DEMO in San Diego shuffled nervously through the print outs of the slides I had sent him in advance. Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Sizhao “Zao” Yang – COO and Co-founder at BetterWorks.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78