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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, April 11th, 2014 / Law & Goverment, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Neurovision wins $30M jury verdict in trademark suit against NuVasive
The Neurovision case was unusual in that the jury agreed that the registration of the trademark was fraudulent. In order to prevent lawsuits over simple mistakes in trademark filings, the courts have set a high bar for finding fraud in registering a trademark. Errors or even negligence are not enough.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, April 11th, 2014 / Central Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Minicucci masterminds public listing for SMS
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, April 11th, 2014 / South Coast, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Invoca snags Salesforce.com investment, launches new products
The company has raised more than $30.8 million to date, with the most recent round a $20 million infusion from Accel Partners.
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By Staff Report / Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 / South Coast, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Invoca garners Salesforce.com investment, rolls out new technology
Santa Barbara-based inbound call technology firm Invoca has added Salesforce.com to its investor roster and released a new voice intelligence technology to help its customers decode incoming calls. Invoca’s software lets marketers generate unique phone numbers for campaigns and then route and track the calls and sales that result. The company has raised more than Read More →
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By Staff Report / Monday, April 7th, 2014 / Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Lynda.com buys coding platform
Carpinteria-based online learning company Lynda.com has purchased Compilr, a Canadian firm that runs a cloud-based platform for programmers to write and test code. Terms of the deal were not announced, but TechCrunch said people close to the transaction valued it at around $20 million. Last year, Lynda.com raised $103 million in its first round of Read More →
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, April 4th, 2014 / Columns, Technology / 1 Comment
Maverick Angels, the Westlake Village-based investor group co-founded by the late John Dilts, is disbanding but not disappearing completely. Founded in 2006, Maverick was a different take on the idea of an angel network. Like other networks, it was an association of individual accredited investors — it didn’t pool money, and members made their own Read More →
