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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

But only recently did I read a clear document on the risks and rewards of patent strategy. Thanks to Russ Krajec, a patent attorney, for the quick improvement in my education, here are some important points to consider when thinking of your patent strategy. What is the true cost of patenting an idea? And private.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

Santa Ana-based Powerwave Technologies , which develops wireless products, has launched a patent lawsuit against Microelectronics Technology, Inc. The patent in question is U.S. The patent in question is U.S. Patent 6,818,477, covering printed circuit board technology. and MTI Laboartory, Inc.

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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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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Goleta-based Transphorm , the developer of Gallium Nitride (GaN) power conversion technology, reports that it has scored two patents covering its technology. The first patent names James Honea and Yifeng Wu as inventors, and was initially filed in August of 2013. The second patent application was filed on May 3, 20`13.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Agoura Hills-based Nomadix said today that it has settled a patent infringement case it had filed against HP , covering the Nomadix patent portfolio. According to Nomadix, the settlement includes a license to HP for key portions of its patent portfolio. Financial terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Superclick, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Los Angeles-based 3D movie projection technology developer RealD is reporting this morning that it has been issued a patent in Europe, for the company''s XL Cinema System. The company said European Patent No. The company said European Patent No. The company says it now has more than 60 patents issued around the world.

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JANUARY 24, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm said late Thursday that it has acquired a huge stash of patents from HP , covering patents from Palm, IPAQ, and Bitfone. According to Qualcomm, it acquired approximately 1,000 granted patents and pending patent applications from Hewlett-Packard Company, Hewlett-Packard Development Co LP and Palm Inc.,

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APRIL 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based 3D movie technology developer RealD announced on Wednesday that the company has scored a patent win in Europe. According to the company, the European Patent Office (EPO) has upheld the validity on one of its key patents for light-doubling 3D cinema projection systems. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

Santa Ana-based Universal Electronics , a developer of wireless remote control technology, and consumer electronics firm Logitech said this morning that the two have settled a patent infringement lawsuit that had been filed by Universal against Logitech. Financial terms and details of the settlement were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

Carlsbad-based radio frequency and mixed signal semiconductor developer MaxLinear said today that it has settled a set of lawsuits with Silicon Labs. The two had sued each other last year for patent infringement. maxlinear silicon labs patent infringement lawsuit settlement' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

San Diego-based KFX Medical , the venture-backed developer of bone implant products, has scored a big win in a patent infringement case. The company said that it was awarded $29 million by a jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, in a patent infringement case against Arthrex Inc.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Santa Ana-based wireless control technology developer Universal Electronics said this morning that it has settled a patent infringement lawsuit with Peel Technologies. The two have now agreed to dismiss their respective patent infringement claims against each other. Financial details of the settlement were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

San Diego-based Illumina and fellow San Diego company Sequenom said the two have ended a patent dispute, with Illumina paying Sequenom $50M, plus additional payments through 2020. testing noninvasive prenatal genetic biotech lawsuit legal patent sequenom illumina' Illumina will also supply Sequenom with instruments and reagents.

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JULY 5, 2012

Costa Mesa-based Emulex , the developer of high speed networking technology for the server and storage market, and Irvine-based Broadcom said Thursday afternoon that they have reached a partial settlement and worldwide patent license agreement. The two said the deal covers use of Broadcom's patents number U.S. Patents Nos.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Agoura Hills-based wired and wireless gateway developer Nomadix said today that it has settled a patent infringement case it had filed against Aruba Networks. Nomadix said the settlement included a license to Aruba of its patent portfolio covering Internet access technology. Nomadix is a subsidiary of DOCOMO interTouch.

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JULY 3, 2012

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , the developer of real estate and property management software, looks to have scored a win in a patent lawsuit against RealPage , a developer of cloud-based software for the rental housing industry.

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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. patents at the heart of the lawsuit.

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JUNE 12, 2020

Google has counter-sued Santa Barbara-based Sonos , with a patent infringement lawsuit, saying that Sonos has illegally used a number of Google patents in the development of its wireless audio technology. The lawsuit, Google LLC v. Sonos, Inc. ,

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AUGUST 12, 2014

Carlsbad-based satellite communications technology developer ViaSat claimed a win in court today, saying that a federal court judge has upheld a jury verdict against Space Systems/Loral. viasat contract patent infringement lawsuit legal satellite communications' READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Carlsbad-based satellite communications operator ViaSat said yesterday that it has filed another lawsuit against Space Systems/Loral , over patent infringement. ViaSat claims that Space Systems/Loral has violated its patents related to technology it developed for its 100+ Gbps ViaSat-1 satellite. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 17, 2017

Goleta-based Resonant , which develops technology used for radio frequency (RF) filtering, says that it has just surpassed 125 issued and pending patents covering its technology. The company aid the two latest patents, issued on March 28th, were US Patent No.:

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FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Agoura-based Nomadix , which develops wireless and Internet gateway technology, which is in the midst of a patent fight with hotel entertainment company Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd. , has been ordered to provide up information on its patents as a result of a countersuit from Guest-Tek. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 16, 2018

San Clemente-based Glaukos , which is developing medical technology for the treatment of glaucoma, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Ivantis. According to Glaukos, it filed the patent infringement suit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Southern Division.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Patents held by startups generally have a limited ability to reduce competition. The average time required to obtain a patent is 36-to-40 months, during which there is no guarantee your adVenture will ultimately receive patent protection. Even if you are granted a patent, the scope of your claims may be significantly denuded.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

San Diego-based life sciences equipment developer Illumina says it has filed a new patent infringement suit against Premaitha Health plc , in the United Kingdom. According to Illumina, its new suit accuses Premaitha of infringing upon European Patent (UK) 1 524 321 B2 titled, "Non-invasive Detection of Fetal Genetic Traits".

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JUNE 24, 2016

According to Qualcomm, it had attempted to negotiate with Meizu to sign a patent license agreement, consistent with Qualcomm's agreement with China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in 2015--but that Meizu has gone ahead and used Qualcomm's technology without a patent license agreement.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

a company that is developing smart glass technology, said this morning that it has acquired 10 patents from IBM Corporation. Financial details of the patent acquisition were not announced. According to Crown, it now has a patent portfolio including 34 patents and applications in the smart glass technology area.

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JANUARY 8, 2018

Santa Monica-based video doorbell developer Ring has been sued by a competitor, Skybell Technologies , in the California Central Court, for patent infringement. According to Skybell, Ring violated three of its patents covering dorbell communicaftions systems and methods. The patents are U.S. The lawsuit is case No.

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JULY 30, 2020

Santa Barbara-based whole-home audio systems developer Sonos , and audio systems developer Lenbrook Industries have settled a patent infringement lawsuit that Sonos had filed against Lenbrook.

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MARCH 19, 2018

Los Angeles-based dating app developer Tinder 's parent company, Match Group , has sued Tinder competitor Bumble in the Texas Western District Court oer patent infringement, alleging that Bumble is virtually identical to Tinder. it is suing Bumble over both patent infringement and stealing trade secrets.

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AUGUST 26, 2016

Aliso Viejo-based Nimbus Data , a developer of flash-based storage products for the cloud infrastructure market, said it has received a "new" patent for its deduplication technology. The company said it was granted patent 8,751,763, entitled "Low-overhead Deduplication within Block-based Data Storage". READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 7, 2019

DivX , the streaming video software developer which was started in San Diego, has filed patent infringement lawsuits against both Netflix and Hulu , accusing the firms of usings its video streaming intellectual property. The two patent infringement lawsuits are DIVX, LLC v.

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AUGUST 25, 2015

Los Angeles-based 3D movie projection technology developer RealD said today that it has reinforced its global IP protection, after a number of patent wins.

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JUNE 21, 2019

Santa Barbara-based whole home music system developer Sonos has sued Lenbrook Industries Ltd , the parent company of Bluesound Wireless Music Systems , over patent infringement, according to a court filing. alleging patent infringement. alleging patent infringement. According to a filing in the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 8, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the developer of whole-home music streaming systems, has declared victory in a patent infringement suit, which had been filed against the firm in 2012. The case--filed by Black Hills Media--had been slated to go to trial in June. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 17, 2015

Santa Ana-based Iteris , which develops traffic management and monitoring equipment, reported late Monday that it has settled a patent infringement lawsuit that had been filed against the company by Wavetronix. iteris patent litigation wavetronix lawsuit legal settlement' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A Federal Circuit court has upheld a decision in favor of Caltech , over a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which upheld parts of two Wi-Fi patents held by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in a continuing battle between Caltech and Apple. READ MORE>>.

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