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The Coming Patent War- Carnage predicted

2. July 2008

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Interesting article on patent firms and an upcoming battle royale.   Intellectual Ventures which I discussed here and a new company,  Allied Security, backed by Google, HP, Cisco, Verizon, Ericsson.

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Internet Real Estate buys Patents.com

12. November 2007

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Andy & Zappy recently purchased Patents.com and some very cool patent technology. Patents.com seems like it will the perfect platform for all the inventors, startups, IP attorneys and corporate IP departments to find each other and conduct business. Based on today’s news regarding Jarg and Google it seems Patents.com could have helped them find the [...]

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The Kremen Patent

7. February 2007

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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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