socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

San Diego-based Novatel Wireless , the maker of broadband modems and the MiFi mobile hotspot device, said this morning that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Franklin Wireless Corp. , ZTE Corp. , and ZTE(USA), Inc.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

San Diego-based Peregrine Semiconductor has sued two of its competitors, RF Micro Devices and Motorola Mobility , claiming patent infringement, the firm said this morning. District Court over the patents, which it says covers silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology for RF ICs.

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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. Tags: gotv networks merger acquisition hombre hands mobile application development. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

Forsblom is now in Los Angeles and San Diego, and reinventing himself with a mobile application company called TenFarms (www.tenfarms.com). Nils Forsblom: TenFarms is a mobile app developer. We build mobile products, not just mobile applications, but products around them. What are TenFarms and PhotoPoll?

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2009

Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless , which operates an international network of Wi-Fi access points, said today that it has been awarded its first patent, covering a method for accessing networks by a mobile device. The firm said the patent, No. 7,483,984 was issued by the United State Patent and Trademark Office.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

San Diego-based Novatel Wireless is calling attention to its patent portfolio this morning, on the heels of the firm's continued launch of its personal Wi-Fi hotspot products, saying it now has five key patents covering the technology behind those products. Tags: novatel wireless wifi hotspot patent legal. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Irvine-based Local.com , which operates a network of local business search sites, announced today that it has launched a new, mobile pay-per-call lead generation network. Local Corporation said it has five patents related to pay-per-call advertising. READ MORE>>. local corporation paypercall call advertising lead generation business'

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Quibi, the short-lived, short-form-mobile-video startup run by Jeffrey Katzenberg, is transferring its mobile video technology to another company, Eko, after Eko filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Quibi. Variety says that no money is changing hands between the two companies.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2008

San Diego-based Qualcomm announced Monday that it has signed on Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Beijing Tianyu Communications Equipment Co., Qualcomm has given Tianyu a worldwide patent license for its CDMA2000 and WCDMA technology. Tags: phone mobile wcdma cdma2000 china qualcomm cdma. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2012

San Diego-based wireless modem manufacturer Novatel Wireless said today that it has filed an additional patent infringement suite against Chinese networking equipment firm ZTE. Novatel said that ZTE has infringed on a wireless patent related to its MiFi family of mobile hotspots and wireless data modems.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

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. .” The approach was clever and novel.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2014

And now they’ve just shocked the world by announcing their plans to purchase Motorola Mobility from Google for about $2.91 Lenovo already has several impressive mobile phones, the K900, Vibe X and the new Vibe Z to name a few. The post Lenovo Purchase of Motorola Mobility from Google for $2.91

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2017

According to the Fair Trade Commission, Qualcomm unfairly exercised a "monopoly position" for its chips used in mobile communications for seven years, and ordered Qualcomm to pay 23.4 billion Taiwan dollars in penalties.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2012

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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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Apple rested their defense today in their final attempt to stave off a patent lawsuit with far-reaching implications for all smartphone makers. Based on the report’s conclusions, Apple requested that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) re-examine Ditzik’s patent.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2014

According to the author, 60% of Facebook’s revenue comes from mobile ads, double that of the prior year. As Facebook''s mobile ad revenue attests, marketers are stepping up their "phone based" spending. There’s a fundamental difference between the behavior of someone utilizing a mobile device and someone sitting at a desktop computer.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms. Yet a tiny 13 person company called Instagram, leveraged the massive growth of mobile to create a new social network. What was the biggest news for you this year?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Irvine-based digital mobile radio (DMR) developer Hytera is scuffling with Motorola Solutions in court, saying on Friday that it has filed a "motion to dismiss" in the Federal District Court in Illinois, over a copyright infringement claim against the company. headquarters in Irvine--over multiple patent infringement claims.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising company Airpush has quietly grown to around $100M in annual revenues, according to a recent ranking from Forbes--a big surprise, as the company was completely bootstrapped by founder Asher Delug , who eschewed the usual use of venture capital and private equity to build a company to those revenue levels.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2012

The companies said that Qualcomm has granted Semp Toshiba a patent license to sell 3G WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, and 4G OFDMA (LTE) equipment in Brazil. Semp Toshiba is an electronics manufacturer, selling desktops, notebooks, mobile phones, and tablets. Financial terms of the licensing deal were not disclosed.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

Now we have the infrastructure for innovators to create applications with open source software – building innovations for mobile, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, blockchain and drones. Commissioner of Patents in 1899. And millions of innovators are at work extending these capabilities. That was Charles H.

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2012

In a mobile world, what's a unique way to reach out to your friends and others? We have a mobile app, and a Facebook app, and all of that can be private labeled. We have our secret sauce in there, and we're figuring out if all of that is patent-able or not, and are jumping through the hoops to do all of that. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

“With its patented app demo technology and tools, users will now be able to experience their apps and games on-demand and without an install across various platforms, starting with Google.”. “Our Our vision continues to be that every app and game will be instant and available for users to experience without a download.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 6, 2013

Kuapay, a mobile wallet solution that allows users to pay, enjoy loyalty programs, and manage coupons has released Kuapay’s 3.0, But for users to adopt mobile, there is need for security. Kuapay therefore makes paying with its mobile wallet more secure than paying with a physical credit card. True Mobile Wallet Experience.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

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. How 'IP Capitalists' are beating Venture Capitalists in Innovative Companies? to Apple, Sony, Microsoft, EMC consortium.

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Xconomy

MARCH 15, 2019

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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socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2016

San Diego-based Qualcomm said on Sunday that it has signed another, 3G/4G license in China, with GuangDong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp. According to Qualcomm, OPPO has been granted a patent license develop, manufacture and sell 3G (WCDMA and CDMA2000) and 4G, including 3-mode (LTE-TDD, TD-SCDMA and GSM) complete terminals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. Some argue to simply eliminate software patents, while others put their hopes in U.S. Every business is global, but patent rules differ around the world.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2016

Pasadena-based mobile ad measurement platform developer UberMedia , one of the companies out of Idealab, has released a new, mobile attribution product that tracks cross-media advertisement and correlates that to foot traffic in stores. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

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. The funding was led by Spark Capital, and also included Amazon's Alexa Fund, Bar 9 Ventures and others.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 14, 2012

Google has confirmed the firing of 20 percent of Motorola Mobility employees. Google will also simplify Motorola’s mobile product portfolio to profitability. Motorola Mobility will drop the manufacture of feature phones to profitable devices. The post Google Confirms Motorola Mobility 4000 Layoffs appeared first on TechZulu.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2020

Apparently, Eko has accused Quibi of infringing on a patent. The legal move comes ahead of any formal patent infringement lawsuit from Interlude US Inc. Quibi is asking the court to declare that it has not infringed upon Eko's patent.

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socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave told us about how and why he and his co-founders--both previously executives at Twistbox--decided to start their own startup, specifically outside of the mobile industry, and a bit about the product. We've been steeped in mobile content development and publishing. How long has Bccthis been around?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

According to Smith Micro, it is seeking strategic options for its QuickLink IoT product line, its line of software that is used to manage smartphones and IoT devices which implement the Open Mobile Alliance OMA-DM stack, including its patents in the area. Smith Micro said it is being advised by Palmares Advisors in the process.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2012

I've been focused only on mobile for the last twelve years. I had probably spent eight months perfecting the product, and getting the design where it needed to be, and all patents filed. Sometimes they said they had an idea, and wanted to get a patent on it, and wanted to launch on Kickstarter next week. Patrick O'Neill.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

"We are doing something in mobile advertising." Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property? Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. " Ummm. "Good luck with that."

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socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

In the world of mobile app and Internet startups, it''s not that often that you see companies who touch the hardware side of the world get funding nowadays. As you probably know, with your own mobile phone, those batteries don''t last nearly as long. They''re not currently in a cell phone coverage zone.

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