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Industry Veteran Caleb Sima to Keynote Identity Management Day 2024 Conference, Registration Now Open

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Thursday, February 29, 2024
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NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA), a nonprofit that provides vendor-neutral education and resources to help organizations reduce the risk of a breach by combining identity and security strategies, today announced registration is now open for the Identity Management Day Virtual Conference 2024. The free one-day event will take place on Identity Management Day, April 9, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • The free one-day event will take place on Identity Management Day, April 9, 2024.
  • The fourth annual Identity Management Day, presented by the IDSA, the Secure Identity Alliance , and IdentityXP , in partnership with the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA), and co-chaired by Saviynt , will be a 24-hour-long event.
  • Nominate an Individual or Organization for an Identity Management Award: Recognize individuals and organizations making identity management and security an enabler to business operations while reducing risk.
  • Become an Identity Management Champion : Identity Management Champions have made identity management and security foundational to their mission.

NPE® And TRX® Launch Partnership To Empower Fitness Businesses To Accelerate Growth

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Monday, October 30, 2023
Knowledge, NPE, NPES, TRX, Growth, Education, Partnership, Sales, Tutoring

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- NPE®, the #1 suite of business growth systems for fitness entrepreneurs, has teamed up with TRX®, the global leader in functional training products and world-class training content, to enable fitness businesses to accelerate growth.

Key Points: 
  • ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- NPE® , the #1 suite of business growth systems for fitness entrepreneurs, has teamed up with TRX® , the global leader in functional training products and world-class training content, to enable fitness businesses to accelerate growth.
  • "We're excited to partner with TRX to accelerate the success rate of fitness businesses around the world," said Sean Greeley, NPE Founder and CEO.
  • "We're excited to partner with TRX to accelerate the success rate of fitness businesses around the world."
  • By combining NPE's business education and TRX's fitness education, fitness professionals and businesses will gain the knowledge and skills to accelerate success both in their business and for their clients.

Corsha Announces $1.8 Million AFWERX TACFI Grant Award

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Thursday, June 22, 2023
Monochorionic twins, Intelligence, Communication, Small business, Machine, Defense, Operational technology, SBIR, Data aggregation, 2020 United States federal government data breach, Warner Robins, Georgia, AFSC, Trust, Hope, GA, Movement, DE, Federation, NPES, Air Force Materiel Command, Zero trust security model, Digital, AFWERX, Online shopping

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Corsha, a Washington D.C. -based cybersecurity company that provides an innovative approach to securing machine-to-machine communication, today announced it has received an $1.8 million grant award from the AFWERX program that extends its Direct-to-Phase-II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract. This initiative works to solve a critical Operational Technology (OT) challenge of securely moving data across shop floor networks and into Digital Engineering platforms running in IT networks.

Key Points: 
  • Corsha provides a Zero Trust Platform for service-to-service communication across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.
  • WASHINGTON, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Corsha, a Washington D.C. -based cybersecurity company that provides an innovative approach to securing machine-to-machine communication, today announced it has received an $1.8 million grant award from the AFWERX program that extends its Direct-to-Phase-II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract.
  • Sponsored by the Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC), their Technical Director, Mr. Roger Jones and an extensive AFSC team at Warner Robins, GA, the grant will allow Corsha to extend its Phase II AFWERX SBIR D2P2 efforts.
  • The TACFI effort aims to provide an expansion opportunity to scale out the work that Corsha has been doing with AFSC Warner Robins across more use cases and machine enclaves.

Research Finds Companies Just Pre- and Post-IPO are at Highest Risk of Being Targeted by a Non-Practicing Entity Lawsuit

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Thursday, April 6, 2023
NPE, NPES, IPO, LOT Network, Acquisition, Senior, Patent, HTS, Risk, IP, Red Hat, Intellectual property, Assistant, Pharmaceutical industry, PHOENIX

PHOENIX, April 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A HighTech-Solutions (HTS) study*, commissioned by the international, non-profit patent licensing platform LOT Network, analyzed the 6,161 lawsuits filed by non-practicing entities (NPEs) from 2017 through 2022. The analysis identified several key findings.

Key Points: 
  • First, the study found that companies who are preparing for or have just announced an IPO are at a greater risk of being sued by a non-practicing entity (NPE) than other businesses.
  • Companies of all sizes and industries are at risk of finding themselves targeted by NPEs in today's environment.
  • "Many small companies have a false sense of security that only large companies can be targets of NPE suits.
  • HTS also found that the companies most frequently targeted by NPE lawsuits operate in these top industries as defined by their SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) code:

7 Critical Questions for U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Nominee Kathi Vidal to Answer at December 1st Nomination Hearing

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021
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American manufacturers and job creators deserve a strong leader and partner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Key Points: 
  • American manufacturers and job creators deserve a strong leader and partner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  • In recent years, thousands of manufacturers, both small and large, have been the target of frivolous, predatory patent litigation practices.
  • At the same time, manufacturers have been denied fair access to Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) patent reviews provided for in the America Invents Act (AIA).
  • At her nomination hearing, Ms. Vidal must outline a vision to rein in abusive patent litigation, increase patent quality, and restore the safeguards intended by Congress in the bipartisan AIA, said Beau Phillips, US*MADE executive director.

US*MADE Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the America Invents Act Passage into Law, Calls for Restoration of its Intent

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Thursday, September 16, 2021
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Washington, DC, Sept. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire -- Today marks the 10th anniversary of the America Invents Act (AIA), which was shepherded into law by the then U.S. Senate and House Judiciary Committee Chairmen Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Lamar Smith (R-TX), respectively. Next Wednesday, September 22nd, members of the U.S. Manufacturers Association for Development and Enterprise (US*MADE), in conjunction with the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, will co-host Sen. Leahy and former Rep. Smith at an event to celebrate this milestone. The decade of changes in patent quality and litigation trends since 2011 will be reviewed, and attendees will hear from the law’s leading sponsors about how they see the AIA’s effects on innovation.

Key Points: 
  • GC for IP and Litigation Charles Chuck Hawkins, a member of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation.
  • For the first time in years, abusive patent litigation is again on the rise, according to RPX Corporation.
  • To register for US*MADEs event celebrating the 10th anniversary of the AIA, go to https://bit.ly/3CcSTe5 .
  • US Manufacturers Association for Development and Enterprise (US*MADE) is specifically focused on protecting manufacturers from abusive patent litigation.

KeepTruckin Wins Two Decisions at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Fleet Management, Software, Hardware, Automotive, Trucking, Technology, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Transport, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Efficiency, ELD, Invention, PTAB, Patent, NPE, LLC, NPES, GV (company), Safety, General counsel, Electronic logging device, IVP, Scale Venture Partners, IPR, Index Ventures, Compliance, GPS, 1836 U.S. Patent Office fire, Time, Associated Global Systems, Maintenance, Pharmaceutical industry, Cryptocurrency

The PTAB ruled in favor of the company in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings, finding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent No.

Key Points: 
  • The PTAB ruled in favor of the company in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings, finding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent No.
  • This ruling follows a July 21, 2021 PTAB decision finding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent No.
  • The PTAB agreed, finding claims 1 - 13 of the 277 patent and claims 1-11 and 14-20 of the 384 patent unpatentable.
  • The decision by the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board confirms KeepTruckins belief that the claimed inventions of these patents were already well known when the patents were filed, said Shu White, General Counsel of KeepTruckin.

Geotab Prevails in Another Patent Lawsuit

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Thursday, September 9, 2021
Technology, Automotive, Telecommunications, Audio, Video, Software, Internet, Hardware, Data Management, Fleet Management

Geotab established that the patent, which had expired, could not give rise to any future monetary damages or other remedy.

Key Points: 
  • Geotab established that the patent, which had expired, could not give rise to any future monetary damages or other remedy.
  • Faced with these arguments, Stormborn withdrew the lawsuit without payment from Geotab.
  • Geotab commits itself to taking a stand against meritless lawsuits and refuses to submit to pressure tactics that are aimed at coercing quick settlements, stated Dirk Schlimm, Executive Vice President at Geotab.
  • Geotab is prepared to share its insights with any company who is being pursued by this or any other NPE.

Bespoke Beauty Brands, LLC Launches Next Generation Men’s Beauty Brand, Mai Johnson & Company

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Monday, August 16, 2021
Luxury, Discount, Variety, Men, LGBTQ+, Department Stores, General Health, Consumer, Other Retail, Health, Specialty, Fashion, Cosmetics, Retail, Other Consumer, Teens, Women, Online Retail, Foam, Cream, Time, Multimedia, David Johnson (company director), Opha May Johnson, Nonoxynols, NYX Professional Makeup, Entrepreneurship, Man, Formaldehyde, Triclosan, Humour, Partnership, LLC, Alvin, BHT, NPES, View, Body powder, MJC, Friends, Technology, Varsity, Real, SLES, P&G, Dry, Triclocarban, WVU, Collection, BHA, Woman, Cosmetics, BBB, Bespoke Beauty Brands, LLC, Co-Founders, BESPOKE BEAUTY BRANDS, LLC, CO-FOUNDERS

(Photo: Business Wire)

Key Points: 
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    This venture marks the first mens beauty brand and the third overall brand to roll out under the BBB umbrella.
  • Mai Johnson & Company is the next generation of mens beauty, shares Toni Ko, the entrepreneur behind Bespoke Beauty Brands, LLC.
  • As such, Mai Johnson & Company was created to address mens skin issues correctly, with an emphasis on hydration and moisturization.
  • Launched in 2019, Bespoke Beauty Brands is the new-age beauty incubator, restructuring the beauty business one brand at a time.

Geotab Prevails in Another Patent Lawsuit

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Monday, July 6, 2020
Professional services, Data management, Security, Technology, Legal, Software, Internet, Geotab, Patent, NPES, Companies, Economy of Canada

As with prior cases, Geotab adhered to its established policy of standing its ground against NPEs that assert unfounded claims.

Key Points: 
  • As with prior cases, Geotab adhered to its established policy of standing its ground against NPEs that assert unfounded claims.
  • Geotab refused to make any payment to Sunset, and made clear that it would challenge the patent should the case proceed.
  • Geotab provided detailed arguments and analysis establishing that it had been selling its GO device with relevant features before the Sunset patent was filed, thus threatening the patents validity.
  • Geotab is advancing security, connecting commercial vehicles to the internet and providing web-based analytics to help customers better manage their fleets.