Mike Ford

The Kremen Patent

In 2003, Gary Kremen, Mike Zapolin and I acquired the assets of Electric Classifieds, Inc. (Gary’s old company) for “several thousand” dollars and legal costs. Electric Classifieds had sold their technology to Match.com, where Gary was a founder, but eventually went defunct after a few years circa 1997. The buried treasure? U.S. Patent 5,706,434. See [...]

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