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GoodSearch Gets Patent

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Los Angeles-based GoodSearch.com , the online search engine which shares its advertising revenues with charities, said Tuesday that it has received a patent on its technology. According to the firm, it has received patent number 7,769,738 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. READ MORE>>.

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Local Corporation Gets Patent

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Irvine-based Local Corporation , the operator of online local advertising websites, said today that it has been granted a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. The firm said the new patent, number 8,306,208, covers pay-per-call technology. Local Corporation was represented by Nixon Peabody LLP in the filing.

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Qualcomm Seeks To Ban Imports Of iPhones With Patent Infringement Filing

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San Diego-based Qualcomm has ramped up its battle with Apple , saying on Thursday that it will seek to ban the importation of iPhones into the United States, over violation of its patents. Qualcomm said the patents Apple is infringing upon include six patents, U.S. 8,633,936, U.S. 8,698,558, U.S. 8,487,658, U.S. 8,838,949, U.S.

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Acacia Research Gets $12.4M Win Against Yahoo

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Newport Beach-based patent licensing firm Acacia Research Corporation has scored a major patent lawsuit win, this time against Yahoo! , According to Acacia Research, its subsidiary, Creative Internet Advertising Corporation, has received $12.4M in a final judgment for willful infringement of the firm's patents.

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Hydra, CitizenHawk Link To Battle Cybersquatters

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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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Local Corporation Expands Into Mobile Pay-Per-Call

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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 Corporation said it has five patents related to pay-per-call advertising. local corporation paypercall call advertising lead generation business' READ MORE>>.

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