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Qualcomm Gets $31M in Patent Infringement Trial Win Over Apple

Xconomy

Wireless giant Qualcomm notched a win Friday in its ongoing multijurisdictional war with smartphone maker Apple as a federal jury in San Diego unanimously backed its patent infringement case. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Acacia Research Names Two VPs

socalTECH

Newport Beach-based Acacia Research , the technology patent licensing firm, said today that it has named two VPs. Schneider was previously at Fulbright & Jaworski, and also served at Exxon Mobile Chemical Company, Fish & Neave, and Arnold White & Durkee. READ MORE>>.

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Monetizing Innovation

SoCal Tech Calendar

How 'IP Capitalists' are beating Venture Capitalists in Innovative Companies? Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12B to get access to their 17,000 patents. Nortel sold its 6000 patents for $4.5B Even IBM (the #1 in US Patents) sold over 1000 of its patents recently. See [link] (more)

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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

Take electricity as an input and through a process called ultrasonic transduction to convert it to a soundwave that can be beamed from a transmitter to a sleeve on your mobile phone that would use and ultrasound receiver to convert it back to electricity and charge your phone. We hired IP specialists to review prior art.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

"We are doing something in mobile advertising." Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy First Rule of Fight Club Does NOT Apply Worry About People Listening To You, Not About Them Stealing Your Ideas If you love your idea, set it free…. " Ummm. "Good luck with that."

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Qualcomm Says Chinese Court Has Banned Some Apple iPhone Sales

Xconomy

Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM ) said the court had granted two preliminary injunctions against the subsidiaries over patents the San Diego company said Apple had violated. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

"We are doing something in mobile advertising." Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy First Rule of Fight Club Does NOT Apply Worry About People Listening To You, Not About Them Stealing Your Ideas If you love your idea, set it free…. " Ummm. "Good luck with that."

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