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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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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Los Angeles-based TeleSign , the provider of Internet fraud prevention and authentication services led by Steve Jillings, said Monday that it has been awarded a patent. The firm said it was awarded patent #8,117,106 for its TeleBureau clearinghouse for submission of fraud activity from online businesses and merchants.

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JANUARY 17, 2012

The firm claimed the granting of a motion for summary judgement in the US Federal Court in California will help it in its effort to convince the courts to prevent these companies from operating the services that infringe RPost patents. RPost claims it has 35 patents covering electronic signatures. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

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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AUGUST 11, 2009

A patent lawsuit against educational software provider Blackboard , which was spawned by the acquisition of Sherman Oaks-based NTI Group last year, has been settled, according to Texas-based TechRadium. TechRadium said the move would allow each company to continue to provide mass notification technology and services to clients.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Los Angeles-based movie information, streaming, and reservations service Fandango has just received a win in court, after a California federal judge ruled in the company's favor in a patent invalidation case against Japanese company Maxwell, Ltd. The patent suit, Maxwell, Ltd.

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JUNE 8, 2009

Los Angeles-based EdgeCast Networks , a provider of content delivery networking services, is announcing today that it has inked an intellectual property licensing agreement with Web.com. The firm said the patents date from as early as 1994. Tags: edgecast patent legal licensing web.com music content delivery network.

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APRIL 25, 2014

Carlsbad-based satellite and wireless networking systems and services firm ViaSat reported late last yesterday that it has been awarded $283M in damages, as part of a patent infringement and breach of contract case. The two have been locked in the patent infringement and breach of contract lawsuit since February of 2012.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Donuts , the domain name registry companies targeting the emerging generic, top-level domain name (gTLD) market, has launched a new service aimed at protecting trademarks across its portfolio of gTLDs, the company announced today. Pricing on the new service was not disclosed. 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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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Carlsbad-based Isis Pharmaceuticals announced this morning that it has filed a patent infringement suit against Santaris Pharma , in the United States District Court of the Southern District of California. Isis said that Santaris is providing antisense drugs and drug discovery services, in violation of its patents.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

Pasadena-based Jacobs Engineering Group said this morning that it has acquired the patent rights to a process for removing sulfuric acid from gases from Bayer AG. Financial terms of the technology buy were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The Santa Barbara-based online services division of Citrix Systems has been sued in the Florida Southern District Court, over alleged patent infringement. Pragmatus has patent suits pending against Facebook, Youtube, LinkedIn, and others over similar patent infringement claims.

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JULY 19, 2011

Los Angeles-based RPost , a developer of electronic signature services, has filed a suit against Adobe and EchoSign for patent infringement, the firm said this morning. RPost sued Santa Barbara-based RightSignature and fellow electronic signature firm DocuSign in June over the same patents. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 27, 2011

Santa Barbara-based RightSignature , the provider of electronic signature services, as well as one of its customers--Farmers Insurance--has just been sued by competing electronic signature service RPost. The lawsuit Rmail Limited et al v. The lawsuit Rmail Limited et al v. Right Signature, LLC et al--was filed on Friday.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 9, 2021

So, I was surprised and excited when one of these verbal fishing expeditions during a lunch brought up a technology the company had patented years before and forgotten. and be redirected to a screen form that would allow the user to identify themself, pay any fees required for use and agree to the terms of service. Sound familiar?

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JULY 28, 2011

San Diego-based PacketVideo , the former unit of Nextwave Wireless which was acquired by NTT DOCOMO, is suing hot online music streaming service Spotify , according to a lawsuit filed in the California Southern District Court in San Diego yesterday.

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MAY 24, 2012

Santa Ana-based CoreLogic , the Orange County provider of real estate, mortgage, and other related databases and information services, has sued Internet real estate broker Redfin , over patents related to home price valuation. CoreLogic's lawsuit says that Redfin is infringing on its patent, U.S. Redfin is based in Seattle.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

Mountain View-based business networking service LinkedIn appears to be tempting some trademark confusion--and maybe, a lawsuit-- with the launch Wednesday of a new service it bills Classmates , to help its users connect with former classmates via the service. A cursory search of the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Start with a service you know and love. Don’t let your service be viewed as a commodity.

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JULY 22, 2010

Irvine-based Masimo , a developer of medical pulse oximetry systems, reported today that it has settled a lawsuit with Hygia Health Services, which reprocesses used medical equipment. Tags: masimo medical device pulse oximetry hygia legal lawsuit patent. Terms of the settlement were confidential.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

JumpStartFund , which is based in El Segundo, opened up its service this morning to help use the wisdom of the crowd to move ideas, patents, and research from individuals, federal research labs, universities, and research organizations to the market.

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JULY 29, 2011

Los Angeles-based RPost , the provider of email encryption and electronic signature services, said Friday that it has signed an insurance agency as a client. The firm said it has linked with Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services , an independent insurance agency aggregator. Financial details of the win were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Among other updates the firm added to its S-1 filing, the firm reported it now has eight patents granted--up from five--for its intellectual property, and an additional sixteen pending in the United States and other jurisdictions. According to the new S-1, it has awarded grants to officers to acquire 11.7

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MARCH 10, 2020

Los Angeles-based short-form streaming media startup Quibi , founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, has sued a competitor--Interlude US Inc, which runs the interactive multimedia entertainment service Eko , saying that it has "embarked on a campaign of threats and harassment to coerce money or a licensing deal from Quibi".

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Self-employed services specialists are just as important, and most often operate remotely (from anywhere in the world) in this age of the Internet. Tomorrow, a similar change is likely to happen to sales personnel, customer service, even manufacturing and construction jobs. Writing specialists. Information specialists.

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

Beverly Hills-based Hydra , an operator of a cost-per-action (CPA) advertising network, said today that it has linked with Aliso Viejo-based CitizenHawk , a provider of trademark protection and domain name services. According to the firms, the deal calls for CitizenHawk to offer "domain recovery services" to Hydra advertisers.

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

According to Local.com, its new network will connect consumers searching for local businesses and services with advertisers, via new pay-per-call ads. Local.com is initially targeting auto insurance, home security, and home service providers with the service. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

JULY 16, 2015

Several times a month, I’d have lunch with one of my CEOs, and each time we’d find ourselves digging into the intellectual property developed by the company over the years, just to refresh ourselves about what the intended use was back then, and whether new developments or technologies might make these older ideas and patents relevant again.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve is now in charge of Marina Del Rey-based TeleSign (www.telesign.com), which has quietly become a huge force in providing authentication services to nearly every major Internet service out there. Telesign provides authentication services for the largest web companies in the world. To learn more, we caught up with Steve.

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Berkonomics

JULY 10, 2010

University professors, industry gurus, lawyers familiar with patent law and former executives of competitor companies are typical recruits to an advisory board. I sit on a board of a company with potentially valuable patents that it is exploiting aggressively.

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Berkonomics

JULY 6, 2017

There was even talk of some phone companies using the patented system for serving communities of guests, not just from a single hotel. Merely adapting the switches to new digital phones would not work, since guests no longer needed the service itself, being instantly self-sufficient. Fast forward just a few years to 1996. Back to 1996.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Start with a service you know and love. Don’t let your service be viewed as a commodity.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 15, 2012

Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to compete in the marketplace? One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer.

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JUNE 4, 2012

San Diego-based Awarepoint , which develops real-time, location systems used for tracking patents and assets in a healthcare environment, said today that it has raised $14M in an additional financing round. of the new investment round, which the company said will go to expand its services, client management, and manufacturing capabilities.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

There was even talk of some phone companies using the patented system for serving communities of guests, not just from a single hotel. Merely adapting the switches to new digital phones would not work, since guests no longer needed the service itself, being instantly self-sufficient. Back to 1996.

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