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Snapchat Sued Over Electronic Messaging Patents

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the parent company of Snapchat , has been sued in a patent infringement suit, by a company called Vaporstream. Snap Inc), and cites a number of patents which were granted to Vaporstream in July of 2005 for Vaporstream's secure messaging products. Venice, California-based Snap, Inc. , READ MORE>>.

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Snap Sued By BlackBerry Over Patents

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in a patent infringement suite filed with the U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles)--the result of a patent litigation push by BlackBerry Ltd. looks similar to another lawsuit filed by Blackberry last month against Facebook, alleging Snapchat's app uses messaging technology owned by the company.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. acquired Overture for $1.63

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Join The Unicorn Club Of Billion-Dollar Companies

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Some of the most well-known include Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat, Xiaomi, and Pinterest. Patents and other intellectual property are a necessary initial “barrier to entry,” but these are just the beginning. These are popularly called “unicorns.” What every entrepreneur is asking me these days, is “How do I get to be a unicorn?”

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Why Raising Too Much Money Can Harm Your Startup

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It is a truism that with more capital you will hire people more quickly and spend more liberally whether it’s on external contractors, PR firms, attending events, doing legal work (trademarks, patents) or whatever. You will build out features or expend to platforms — often before you have enough market feedback to warrant it.

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