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| Monday, September 21st, 2009

Dykstra

Features

Former Major League Baseball star Lenny Dykstra is accused of disposing of thousands of dollars in furniture and fixtures, including kitchen countertops and a $40,000 Le Cornue stove, from one of his Ventura County mansions just weeks before a bankruptcy court judge in Los Angeles appointed a trustee to oversee the case. Dykstra, 46, filed Read More →

| Monday, September 21st, 2009

A trademark duel

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Two high-end gun makers are dueling across the Atlantic over the rights to use one of the oldest names in the trade. Paso Robles-based John Rigby & Co. (Gunmakers) Inc. is suing London-based newcomer John Rigby & Co. (Gunmakers) Ltd. for trademark infringement. In a complaint filed Aug. 24 in a federal court in Los Read More →

| Monday, September 21st, 2009

BuenaVentura struggles toward finish line

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The complicated legal battle between Banco BuenaVentura and its landlord took another strained step forward as lawyers traded barbs at a hearing on Sept. 14.   During the proceedings, Judge Henry Walsh wondered aloud at the “hidden agendas” in the “hotly contested” dispute surrounding the failed Oxnard bank. He’s not the only one. The legal Read More →

| Monday, September 21st, 2009

Flir scores victory in Raytheon battle

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In one of the most-watched legal fights in the defense industry, infrared camera maker Flir Systems has won a preliminary victory against Raytheon over infrared sensor technology developed in Goleta. In 2007, Raytheon sued Flir, alleging the smaller company had stolen its trade secrets, competed unfairly and infringed its patents. On Aug. 31, a federal Read More →

| Monday, September 21st, 2009

In with the old

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Network Hardware Resale is in the right business at the right time. For more than a decade, the company’s business plan has been to court its Internet service provider, educational and governmental clients by taking old equipment and bringing it up to date, appealing to groups wanting to keep costs low instead of buying new Read More →

| Monday, September 21st, 2009

How to turns heads around here: Blue building, green construction

Columns

Joe Campanelli has been doing construction in Santa Barbara for more than 30 years, but suddenly his phone has been ringing off the hook. When he slapped a splash of bright blue on his new project, the Gateway Building on Haley Street, people took notice.   “They all want to know how I got this Read More →

| Monday, September 21st, 2009

Cancer tech advances

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The Cancer Center of Santa Barbara unveiled its newest piece of technology, the Novalis Tx, on Sept. 15, heralding it as the most recent groundbreaking cancer treatment technology at its disposal. The Novalis Tx platform enables doctors to use image-guided radiosurgery to offer patients fast, non-surgical treatments for cancer and other conditions in the brain, Read More →