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OCTOBER 17, 2011

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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MAY 12, 2014

patent on a genetic sequence derived from corn. The company said the patent, U.S. The company said the additional patent brings its total owned or licensed patents to 85; the company also says it has approximately 110 pending patent applications. The patent was originally filed in September of 2012.

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JUNE 11, 2013

Irvine-based VIZIO , the manufacturer of HDTVs and other consumer electronics, said it has scored a win in another patent lawsuit today, saying that it has defeated a "patent troll". VIZIO said that it was granted summary judgement of invalidity on a patent held by Lochner Technologies LLC, a "non-practicing entity" (NPE).

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NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Carpinteria-based Celerus Diagnostics , which develops cancer diganostics equipment for pathologists, announced today that it has been issued three patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The firm said the patents cover key technology behind its Rapid IHC system for immunohistochemistry. Erickson, Michael R.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Carlsbad-based KFX Medical , which is developing bone implant products for the orthopedic surgery market, reported today that it has received a third patent. The patent, U.S. The patent was filed on September 26, 2011, and names Michael L. The patent is a continuation of a patent originally filed by the company in 2004.

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MARCH 18, 2013

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. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 17, 2012

Carlsbad-based Verdezyne , the venture backed developer of biofuels technology, said today that it has been granted a United States Patent. The firm said the patent, No. Patent and Trademark Office, inventors on the patent are Stephen Picataggio, the firm's Chief Scientific Officer; Kirsty Anne Lily Salmon; and Jose Miguel LaPlaza.

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APRIL 9, 2014

San Diego-based a href="[link] , the developer of camera-based, driver safety and monitoring systems, said Wednesday that it received five patents in 2013, and filed applications for an additional, 18 patents on its technology. Lytx did not say what it intends to do with its growing patent trove. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

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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AUGUST 22, 2011

Irvine-based Masimo , the maker of pulse oximetry and other medical monitoring devices, has been sued for patent infringement by competitor Essential Medical Devices, Inc. According to a filing in the Delaware District Court Friday, Essential Medical Devices alleges that Masimo is infringing on a patent owned by the company.

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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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DECEMBER 14, 2011

Santa Ana-based Powerwave Technologies , which develops wireless products, has launched a patent lawsuit against Microelectronics Technology, Inc. According to Powerwave, it filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Southern Division, claiming that MTI is infringing on one of its patents.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Goleta-based Transphorm , the developer of Gallium Nitride (GaN) power conversion technology, reports that it has scored two patents covering its technology. The first patent names James Honea and Yifeng Wu as inventors, and was initially filed in August of 2013. The second patent application was filed on May 3, 20`13.

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MAY 6, 2014

Irvine-based flat panel HDTV and electronics provider VIZIO has settled a patent infringement suit with CyberFone Systems LLC , the two said this morning, with a charitable donation. According to the two, CyberFone has dismissed its patent infringement claims against VIZIO, and will not assert those patents against VIZIO.

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JUNE 11, 2012

Acacia Research , the patent and licensing firm which aggressively licenses its portfolio of patents to technology companies, said Monday that it has acquired 7 medtech patent portfolios, comprising over 150 patents and pending applications. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

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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MARCH 21, 2013

San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina said Thursday that it has received a favorable outcome in its patent litigation against Life Technologies. Patent Nos. Patent Nos. Life Technologies sued Illumina over the patents in 2009. Illumina said that a judge in the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Agoura Hills-based Nomadix said today that it has settled a patent infringement case it had filed against HP , covering the Nomadix patent portfolio. According to Nomadix, the settlement includes a license to HP for key portions of its patent portfolio. Financial terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Superclick, Inc.

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JULY 9, 2012

San Diego-based Novatel Wireless , the maker of the MiFi mobile hotspot products, reported this morning that it has gained a patent covering that product and its other products. The patent filing shows that the patent was awarded to Slim S. The patent was issued on June 26th, and was originally filed on August 28, 2006.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Los Angeles-based 3D movie projection technology developer RealD is reporting this morning that it has been issued a patent in Europe, for the company''s XL Cinema System. The company said European Patent No. The company says it now has more than 60 patents issued around the world. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

Irvine-based electronics manufacturer VIZIO says it has won its tenth case against what it calls a "patent troll", after winning a summary judgement of invalidity and non-infringement on two patents held by Oplus Technologies, Ltd. vizio patent legal lawsuit trolle electronics oplus intellectual property' READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

La Jolla-based genomics firm Synthetic Genomics said yesterday that it has purchased a bundle of patents from Febit Holdings GmbH. Financial details of the patent purchase were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 17, 2012

Irvine-based VIZIO , the maker of HDTVs, has signed another patent license deal, this time with Seiki Digital , the company said Tuesday. VIZIO has been aggressively signing up companies as licensees to its patent portfolio, which it describes as a "substantial worldwide patent portfolio directed to digital television technology."

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JANUARY 24, 2014

San Diego-based Qualcomm said late Thursday that it has acquired a huge stash of patents from HP , covering patents from Palm, IPAQ, and Bitfone. According to Qualcomm, it acquired approximately 1,000 granted patents and pending patent applications from Hewlett-Packard Company, Hewlett-Packard Development Co LP and Palm Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Irvine-based local search provider Local Corporation said today that it has scored a win in a patent infringement suit it has against Fry''s Electronics. Patent, No. local corporation patent lawsuit troll infringement legal frys retailer' Financial details of the settlement were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based 3D movie technology developer RealD announced on Wednesday that the company has scored a patent win in Europe. According to the company, the European Patent Office (EPO) has upheld the validity on one of its key patents for light-doubling 3D cinema projection systems.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

Santa Ana-based Universal Electronics , a developer of wireless remote control technology, and consumer electronics firm Logitech said this morning that the two have settled a patent infringement lawsuit that had been filed by Universal against Logitech. Financial terms and details of the settlement were not announced.

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

The two had sued each other last year for patent infringement. As part of the settlement, the two said that MaxLinear has granted Silicon Labs a license to its patent portfolio, and that Silicon Labs had granted MaxLinear a license to its own set of patents. maxlinear silicon labs patent infringement lawsuit settlement'

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MARCH 11, 2014

Santa Barbara-based wireless speaker maker Sonos said Monday that it will start "forward-publishing" its patent applications, making the text of those patents available to the public far before they normally would be, saying it wants to "accelerate innovation". Sonos has already started posting those patents and patent applications.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

San Diego-based KFX Medical , the venture-backed developer of bone implant products, has scored a big win in a patent infringement case. The company said that it was awarded $29 million by a jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, in a patent infringement case against Arthrex Inc. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 26, 2013

San Diego-based RF semiconductor maker Peregrine Semiconductor announced Tuesday afternoon that it has filed a new, patent lawsuit against RF Micro Devices , alleging infringement on its patents. Peregrine already has a patent suit filed against RFMD, which it filed in February of last year. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

San Diego-based Illumina and fellow San Diego company Sequenom said the two have ended a patent dispute, with Illumina paying Sequenom $50M, plus additional payments through 2020. testing noninvasive prenatal genetic biotech lawsuit legal patent sequenom illumina' Illumina will also supply Sequenom with instruments and reagents.

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

Santa Monica-based Ring has just received a patent on adding facial recognition to its cameras--allowing some future version of the camera to automtically call police on a "suspicious" subject--in a move that has raised alarms among privacy and social advocates. Ring's patent application, US 2018/0341835 A1, was applied for on November 29th.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Santa Ana-based wireless control technology developer Universal Electronics said this morning that it has settled a patent infringement lawsuit with Peel Technologies. The two have now agreed to dismiss their respective patent infringement claims against each other. Financial details of the settlement were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 28, 2014

San Diego-based lifesciences equipment maker Illumina announced late Friday that it has filed a new, patent infringement lawsuit, against Ariosa Diagnostics. Patent, No. Illumina said the new lawsuit follows an earlier, patent infringement suit filed by Verinata Health--which is now part of Illumina. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 22, 2014

Los Angeles-based online e-commerce retailer Newegg is trumpeting a new patent victory, saying that a "notorious troll" has been ordered to pay the company''s cost in a patent ruling. 6,128,415, a patent which covered the idea of tagging information about an image. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2013

San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina has been ordered to pay $96M to Syntrix Biosystems , in a patent litigation suite, the company said Thursday. Illumina said a federal jury in Tacoma, Washington found that its BeadChip array product infringed on a patent asserted by Syntrix Biosystems.

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