Propel Founder Steve Kirsch Recognized as 2008 Inventor of the Year
Serial Entrepreneur Recognized by the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association for 25 Years of Innovation.
San Jose, CA, September 27, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Propel Software Corporation (www.propel.com), a market leader in Internet acceleration and network optimization solutions, today announced that its founder and chairman, Steve Kirsch, has won the Inventor of the Year Award by the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association (SVIPLA). Over the past 25 years, Kirsch’s creative ingenuity has resulted in numerous new products that have technologically benefited millions of people worldwide.
SVIPLA is a professional association of members who focus their practice on intellectual property matters including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, litigation and other related fields. Each year SVIPLA selects the Inventor of the Year based upon nominees’ contributions to the technical arts.
Steve Kirsch has founded several companies that have been groundbreaking and innovative including Infoseek, one the first Internet search engines, Frame Technology, developer of FrameMaker and Mouse Systems Corporation, where Kirsch invented and produced the first optical mouse. Kirsch’s latest pursuit, eradicating email spam, has led him to the founding of Abaca Technology Corporation (www.abaca.com).
About SVIPLA
The Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association (SVIPLA) is a professional association of members who focus their practice on intellectual property matters including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, litigation and other related fields. Membership is open to anyone who is interested in intellectual property law. For more information please visit www.svipla.com.
About Propel
Propel Software Corporation provides wireless carriers and Internet Service Providers with solutions that reduce their bandwidth costs and improve the Internet experience of their end users. Propel Accelerator is an award-winning Internet acceleration product that provides a high-speed experience for users of 802.11 hotspots, wireless mobile data, low-speed broadband and dial-up connections. Propel Accelerator is deployed by hundreds of ISPs and other Propel users in more than 75 countries, making available an improved Internet experience to more than 34 million subscribers. Founded in 1999 by technology innovator Steve Kirsch, Propel is a leading Internet acceleration solution provider. It is located at 1010 Rincon Circle, San Jose, CA 95131 USA. More information is available at 408-571-6300 or www.propel.com.
Propel® and the Propel logo are registered trademarks and Propel® Accelerator, Propel® Complete and Propel® Self-hosted are trademarks of Propel Software Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks shown are the property of their respective owners.
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SVIPLA is a professional association of members who focus their practice on intellectual property matters including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, litigation and other related fields. Each year SVIPLA selects the Inventor of the Year based upon nominees’ contributions to the technical arts.
Steve Kirsch has founded several companies that have been groundbreaking and innovative including Infoseek, one the first Internet search engines, Frame Technology, developer of FrameMaker and Mouse Systems Corporation, where Kirsch invented and produced the first optical mouse. Kirsch’s latest pursuit, eradicating email spam, has led him to the founding of Abaca Technology Corporation (www.abaca.com).
About SVIPLA
The Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association (SVIPLA) is a professional association of members who focus their practice on intellectual property matters including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, litigation and other related fields. Membership is open to anyone who is interested in intellectual property law. For more information please visit www.svipla.com.
About Propel
Propel Software Corporation provides wireless carriers and Internet Service Providers with solutions that reduce their bandwidth costs and improve the Internet experience of their end users. Propel Accelerator is an award-winning Internet acceleration product that provides a high-speed experience for users of 802.11 hotspots, wireless mobile data, low-speed broadband and dial-up connections. Propel Accelerator is deployed by hundreds of ISPs and other Propel users in more than 75 countries, making available an improved Internet experience to more than 34 million subscribers. Founded in 1999 by technology innovator Steve Kirsch, Propel is a leading Internet acceleration solution provider. It is located at 1010 Rincon Circle, San Jose, CA 95131 USA. More information is available at 408-571-6300 or www.propel.com.
Propel® and the Propel logo are registered trademarks and Propel® Accelerator, Propel® Complete and Propel® Self-hosted are trademarks of Propel Software Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks shown are the property of their respective owners.
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