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NewEgg Wins Patent Suit

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City of Industry-based Newegg , the online electronics retailer, has scored a win in a patent lawsuit after a jury invalidated a patent held by Alcatel-Lucent USA. Alcatel-Lucent had filed suit in Texas over three patents, and had been lining up settlements from e-commerce retailers of its patents. READ MORE>>.

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Local.com Gets Patent On Local Shopping Search

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Irvine-based Local.com has scored a patent out of its acquisition of Krillion , in April, the firm reported this morning, after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issues patent number 8,032,427 to the company. Local.com's new patent was filed in April of 2007; inventors named on the patent are Roger B.

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Christie Street Expands Into Patent Filing

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Los Angeles-based Christie Street , the online crowdfunding site aimed at hardware projects which is based in Los Angeles, has expanded into patent filing, the company said today. The firm said it will offer up a simple, cost-effective way to file patents, in a deal with legal firm White & Williams LLP.

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FindTheBest.com Wins Patent Battle, Continues With War On Patent Trolls

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Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest , the online comparison and research site headed by Kevin O''Connor, scored a legal win Friday, saying that a judge has invalidated a software patent owned by Lumen View Technology, LLC, which is in the midst of a patent battle with the company. READ MORE>>.

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OC Firm On Patent Offensive

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An Orange County firm, SpeedTrack , has targeted Amazon.com, Best Buy, Dell, Costco, The Home Depot, and a slew of other firms over a patent the firm said is being infringed upon by the companies. According to SpeedTrack, the patent--U.S. The company is seeking damages for the patent infringement.

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Patent Suit Spawned By NTI Group Buy Settled

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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 also has a similar lawsuit pending against micro blogging site Twitter.

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Insights and Opinions: What Startups Need to Know About Patent Reform

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In our Insights and Opinions section of the site, we feature editorials, informational articles, and other content that is relevant to the high tech community in Southern California. Congress recently passed some major changes to federal patent law. No industry will be untouched by patent reform. Here's what you need to know.

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