L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 30, 2020

Caltech won a $1.1 billion verdict against Apple and Broadcom for allegedly infringing on the Pasadena university's wireless technology patents.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 30, 2020

SpaceX is said to be in talks with local government officials about setting up a new rocket factory in the Port of Los Angeles, a location that would give it easy access to the ocean for transporting its next-generation Starship and Super Heavy launch vehicles to its coastal launchpad sites in Florida. CNBC reported that these discussions were confirmed by Port of LA officials.

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 30, 2020

EV maker BYD Motors will construct a 50,000-square-foot facility in Rancho Dominguez to build electric forklifts.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2020

The California Institute of Technology has won a $1.1 billion patent lawsuit it filed against Apple and Broadcom on Wednesday, where it had alleged the infringement of its patents on Wi-Fi technology. The lawsuit--which had been filed in 2016--had alleged that Broadcom's wireless chips infringed on the university's patents. Those chips are widely used in Apple's iPhones.

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Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 30, 2020

Some companies that belong to the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), a large industry trade group, convene diverse hiring committees, seek out representation among their suppliers and vendors, and are led by executives that talk regularly about the importance of an inclusive workforce. Others have no women or people of color as employees, gather no data on employee demographics, and have no initiatives in place to support diversity and inclusion.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2020

Claremont-based Synedgen , a biotechnology company developing wound care technology, said this morning that it has raised $2.6M in funding. Source of the funding was not announced. According to the company, the funding will go towards commercialization of two, U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k)-cleared products for wound care. The comopany says it is using glycochemistry for development of its drugs, which it says enhance and mimic the innate immune system.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2020

Santa Monica-based GumGum Sports , which develops advertising analytics tools, has named Dominic Zuccarini as its SVP of Sales, according to the company. The company--which uses artificial intelligence to analyze the exposure that sponsors and advertisers get via sports coverage--said that Zuccharini will be based out of Santa Monica, and will help expand domestic and international sales strategy.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 30, 2020

The processes you and your subordinates follow. It is not common for the CEO of a rapidly growing company to think of slowing down the furious pace enough to have each manager (including the CEO) document the job process managed, as well as see to the documentation for each process managed below. Examples of documentation by key employees. And it is even more of a challenge to consider documenting the tribal knowledge of a company’s key employees.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2020

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is reportedly planning to set up a new factory to build its next generation, Starship rockets at the Port of Los Angeles, according to a report from CNBC on Thursday. The rocket factory is expected to be up and running in as little as 90 days, according to the report. SpaceX had been building a prototype of the next generation rocket in Boca Chica, Texas.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2020

Ventura-based 3D printer developer Nexa3D says it is expanding its reseller network, and added a new reseller covering the Eastern United States. Nexa3D said that it has partnered with Cimquest , a provider of 3D pritenrs, manufacturing, and design products. Nexa3D develops industrial 3D printers, and says it is looking to offer up an upgrade to owners of older legacy stereolithography printers.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2020

Irvine-based NextGen Healthcare , which develops software for the medical, behavioral and dental provider markets, said on Wednesday that it has partnered with Doctible , which develops a platform that enables healthcare providers to receive real-time feedback from patients while automating back-office tasks. NextGen Healthcare said Doctible will integrate with its NextGen Office product, its cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) and practice management system.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2020

Scoot , the on-demand scooter service which is owned by Santa Monica-based Bird , announced this morning that it has rolled out the Bird Two , Bird's next generation scooter, in San Francisco. Bird said that San Francisco will be the first city to have a fleet of up to 1,000 of the new e-scooters. The new scooters address a lot of the issues that Bird has been seeing with its earlier generation of scooter, and Bird claims that the Bird Two will be the "longest-lasting shared e-scooter on the mar

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