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'''Carl Johan Freer''' (born 9 May 1970) is a ] businessman and technology entrepreneur primarily known for founding the American company ], which created the ] ].<ref name="latimes"/><ref>{{cite news | last =Gibson | first =Ellie | title =A Horse named Gizmondo: The Inside Story of the World's Greatest Failed Console | newspaper =Euro Gamer | date =6 August 2012 | url =http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-06-a-horse-named-gizmondo-the-inside-story-of-the-worlds-greatest-failed-console | access-date =10 January 2014 }}</ref> Freer is also the founder of Singapore-based medical-device company, Aluminaid and co-author of several patents.<ref name = esquire>{{cite web | url = http://www.esquire.my/Style/Manual/article/How-to-treat-burns | title = How to treat burns | publisher = Esquire Magazine – Malaysia Ed. | access-date = 1 July 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924002315/http://www.esquire.my/Style/Manual/article/How-to-treat-burns | archive-date = 24 September 2015 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name = kingsroad>{{cite web | url = http://www.kingsroad.it/?p=12752 | title = Aluminaid: The New Frontier of Aluminum | publisher = King's Road Magazine | access-date = 3 August 2015}}</ref> '''Carl Johan Freer''' (born 9 May 1970) is a ] businessman and technology entrepreneur primarily known for founding the American company ], which created the ] ].<ref name="latimes">
{{cite news|author=Jeffrey Fleishman|author2=Richard Winton|date=15 May 2006|title=Life in Fast Lane Long Before the Ferrari Crash|work=]|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-ferrari15may15,0,3415150.story?page=1&coll=la-home-headlines}}
</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Gibson | first =Ellie | title =A Horse named Gizmondo: The Inside Story of the World's Greatest Failed Console | newspaper =Euro Gamer | date =6 August 2012 | url =http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-06-a-horse-named-gizmondo-the-inside-story-of-the-worlds-greatest-failed-console | access-date =10 January 2014 }}</ref> Freer is also the founder of Singapore-based medical-device company, Aluminaid and co-author of several patents.<ref name = esquire>{{cite web | url = http://www.esquire.my/Style/Manual/article/How-to-treat-burns | title = How to treat burns | publisher = Esquire Magazine – Malaysia Ed. | access-date = 1 July 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924002315/http://www.esquire.my/Style/Manual/article/How-to-treat-burns | archive-date = 24 September 2015 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name = kingsroad>{{cite web | url = http://www.kingsroad.it/?p=12752 | title = Aluminaid: The New Frontier of Aluminum | publisher = King's Road Magazine | access-date = 3 August 2015}}</ref>


==Business ventures== ==Business ventures==
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|title=FilmFunds Acquires 3D Conversion Specialists Duran Duboi U.S.|date=20 December 2011|access-date=27 December 2011|work=The Hollywood Reporter }}</ref><ref name="thewrap">{{cite news |url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/filmfunds-use-crowdsourcing-pitch-3d-conversions-33790|title=FilmFunds to Use Crowdsourcing to Pitch 3D Conversions (Exclusive)|date=20 December 2011 |access-date=30 December 2011|work=The Wrap Covering Hollywood |publisher= The Wrap News Inc. }}</ref><ref name="variety">{{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118047793?refCatId=19|title=FilmFunds buys post house – Crowdsourcing venture wants to be one-stop shop|date=20 December 2011 |access-date=30 December 2011|work=] }}</ref> In 2008, Carl Freer hosted a seminar at ] entitled "High Tech Ventures in Mobile Gaming and Media". Freer discussed his experiences, his plans for a potential rebirth of Gizmondo as well as his plans for the development of new mobile video technologies. The event took place as part of GA Tech's GVU Center Lecture series.<ref name="relaunch-freer">{{cite news|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/13/gizmondo_delayed_again/|title=Gizmondo console revamp 'on track' for Q4 launch, claims boss|last=smith|first=Tony|date=13 May 2008|work=The Register}}<!-- accessdate=2015-04-03 --></ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cowbell-1.cc.gatech.edu/brown-bags/gvu-brown-bag-carl-freer/|title=GVU Brown Bag – Carl Freer|publisher=Georgia Tech GVU Center|access-date=8 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509162900/http://cowbell-1.cc.gatech.edu/brown-bags/gvu-brown-bag-carl-freer/|archive-date=9 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://kotaku.com/364658/liveblogging-the-gizmondo-ga-tech-lecture|title=Liveblogging The Gizmondo GA Tech Lecture|last=Fahey|first=Mike|date=6 March 2008|publisher=Kotaku}}</ref> Later that year, a relaunch of Gizmondo was aborted.<ref name="relaunch-abort">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/jan/10/gizmondo-relaunch|title=Games news: Gizmondo 'relaunch' off|last=Gillett|first=Nick|date=10 January 2009|work=The Guardian}}<!-- accessdate=2015-04-03 --></ref> In 2010, Freer co-founded Aluminaid, which makes metal-based bandages to relieve pain in patients with first- and second-degree burns.<ref name = kingsroad/> |title=FilmFunds Acquires 3D Conversion Specialists Duran Duboi U.S.|date=20 December 2011|access-date=27 December 2011|work=The Hollywood Reporter }}</ref><ref name="thewrap">{{cite news |url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/filmfunds-use-crowdsourcing-pitch-3d-conversions-33790|title=FilmFunds to Use Crowdsourcing to Pitch 3D Conversions (Exclusive)|date=20 December 2011 |access-date=30 December 2011|work=The Wrap Covering Hollywood |publisher= The Wrap News Inc. }}</ref><ref name="variety">{{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118047793?refCatId=19|title=FilmFunds buys post house – Crowdsourcing venture wants to be one-stop shop|date=20 December 2011 |access-date=30 December 2011|work=] }}</ref> In 2008, Carl Freer hosted a seminar at ] entitled "High Tech Ventures in Mobile Gaming and Media". Freer discussed his experiences, his plans for a potential rebirth of Gizmondo as well as his plans for the development of new mobile video technologies. The event took place as part of GA Tech's GVU Center Lecture series.<ref name="relaunch-freer">{{cite news|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/13/gizmondo_delayed_again/|title=Gizmondo console revamp 'on track' for Q4 launch, claims boss|last=smith|first=Tony|date=13 May 2008|work=The Register}}<!-- accessdate=2015-04-03 --></ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cowbell-1.cc.gatech.edu/brown-bags/gvu-brown-bag-carl-freer/|title=GVU Brown Bag – Carl Freer|publisher=Georgia Tech GVU Center|access-date=8 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509162900/http://cowbell-1.cc.gatech.edu/brown-bags/gvu-brown-bag-carl-freer/|archive-date=9 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://kotaku.com/364658/liveblogging-the-gizmondo-ga-tech-lecture|title=Liveblogging The Gizmondo GA Tech Lecture|last=Fahey|first=Mike|date=6 March 2008|publisher=Kotaku}}</ref> Later that year, a relaunch of Gizmondo was aborted.<ref name="relaunch-abort">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/jan/10/gizmondo-relaunch|title=Games news: Gizmondo 'relaunch' off|last=Gillett|first=Nick|date=10 January 2009|work=The Guardian}}<!-- accessdate=2015-04-03 --></ref> In 2010, Freer co-founded Aluminaid, which makes metal-based bandages to relieve pain in patients with first- and second-degree burns.<ref name = kingsroad/>


==Legal issues== ==Xurto==
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Freer has been arrested by police in Sweden, Spain, Germany, the UK and the USA. He has used aliases: Eric Jonsson and Brian Littleton.<ref> ([http://www.realtid.se/carl-freer-bakom-nytt-miljardbolag</ref>

Freer's business partners, ] and ], have both been convicted of fraud.<ref>[Reference: realtid.se & planesite legal document California Central District Court case number: 2:09/cv/08724 Simon Davies et al v. Getfugu Inc. et al.http://www.realtid.se/carl-freer-bakom-nytt-miljardbolag</ref>

Carl Freer was at the helm of Gizmondo Europe Limited during one of the biggest company fraud investigations in recent British history, totaling 215 million pounds (UK).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2095-2189659,00.htm|title = The Times & the Sunday Times}}</ref>

In 2005, Freer was fined £135,000 by a court in ], Germany for canceling check payments in a transaction with a car dealer.<ref name="wired"/> Freer claimed he cancelled the cheques because he "thought he was being sold stolen cars".<ref name="latimes">
{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-ferrari15may15,0,3415150.story?page=1&coll=la-home-headlines |title=Life in Fast Lane Long Before the Ferrari Crash |author=Jeffrey Fleishman |author2=Richard Winton |work=] |date=15 May 2006}}
</ref><ref name="times">{{cite news |url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article722624.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212002831/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article722624.ece |archive-date=12 February 2007 |title=The firm that blew it all in two years |author=Anthony James, Michael Gillard |work=] |date=21 May 2006 | location=London}}</ref><ref name = ekonomi>{{cite web| url = http://www.dn.se/ekonomi/freer-dromde-om-ett-imperium/ | title = Freer Dreamed of an Empire | date = 28 April 2006 | publisher = Ekonomi | access-date = 1 October 2014}}</ref>

In 2006, no charges were filed after Los Angeles police found a collection of twelve rifles and four handguns at Freer's home in an investigation that led to his arrest on suspicion of impersonating a San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority police officer to buy a .44 Magnum handgun. Authorities dropped the investigation after Freer established that he did not impersonate a police officer and showed a valid gun permit.<ref name="wired"/><ref name="times"/><ref name="latimes2">{{cite news |url=https://articles.latimes.com/2006/apr/27/local/me-ferrari27 |title=2nd Arrest Made in Ferrari Case |author=Richard Winton |author2=David Pierson |work=] |date=27 April 2006 |access-date=9 December 2011}}</ref>

In 2009, the law firm ], on behalf of clients David Warnock and Simon Davies, filed an action alleging violations of the civil ] against GetFugu, Carl Freer, and other officers and directors of GetFugu.<ref name="Law360Getfugu">{{cite news | title =Lessons From Patton Boggs Defamation Case | newspaper =Law360 | date =26 November 2013 | url =http://www.law360.com/articles/489588 | access-date =14 January 2014 }}{{subscription required}}</ref> The firm followed the lawsuit with a press release that falsely claimed that GetFugu and Carl Freer were being investigated by the FBI.<ref name = thehill>{{cite web | url = http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/205468-patton-boggs-settles-with-chevron-for-15m | title = Patton Boggs Settles with Chevron| work = The Hill | date = 7 May 2014| access-date = 30 January 2016}}</ref> In 2010, on a motion by GetFugu, District Court Judge ] dismissed Patton Boggs' claims with prejudice.<ref name="Law360Getfugu"/><ref name="AllegedlyFalseLexology">{{cite news | last =Hansen | first =Mark T. |author2=Robert B. Milligan | title =Allegedly false statements posted on internet regarding pending litigation can support defamation claim | newspaper =Lexology| date =25 October 2013 | url = http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=b8c87bda-2d4b-4917-bbf6-44f75522b145 | access-date =14 January 2014 }}</ref> GetFugu and Freer then countersued Patton Boggs for defamation and ], seeking damages of over $500&nbsp;million. Patton Boggs filed a special motion to strike the defamation claim, contending that the press release regarding the alleged FBI investigation, even if false, was protected by litigation ],<ref name="Law360Getfugu"/><ref name="AllegedlyFalseLexology"/> but the California Court of Appeals disagreed, allowing Freer and GetFugu to proceed with the $500&nbsp;million lawsuit against Patton Boggs.<ref name="AllegedlyFalseLexology"/> Patton Boggs' special motion to strike the malicious prosecution claim was also denied, holding that Patton Boggs did not have probable cause to prosecute the RICO claims.<ref name="Law360Getfugu"/><ref name="AllegedlyFalseLexology"/>

In October 2015, Carl Freer unsuccessfully sued Danish Television Channel DR3 to have his name removed from a documentary on the ] IT Factory fraud case prior to broadcast.<ref name="DR3">{{cite news |last=Nielsen |first=Silas Bay |title=Byret giver DR3 grønt lys til at sende Stein Bagger-dokumentar |publisher=DR.dk |language=Danish |trans-title=City Court gives DR3 green light to broadcast Stein Bagger documentary |url=http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/medier/byret-giver-dr3-groent-lys-til-sende-stein-bagger-dokumentar }}</ref> Following the documentary broadcast, he filed defamation claims against 5 employees of DR.<ref name="DR-employees">{{cite news |last=Lohse |first=Gregers |title=Fem DR-medarbejdere stævnet for Stein Bagger-serie |publisher=DR.dk |language=Danish |trans-title=Five DR-employees sued for Stein Bagger Series |url=http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/medier/fem-dr-medarbejdere-staevnet-stein-bagger-serie }}</ref>


==See also== ==See also==

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Carl Freer
Freer in February 2012
BornCarl Johan Freer
(1970-05-09) 9 May 1970 (age 54)
NationalitySwedish
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, businessman

Carl Johan Freer (born 9 May 1970) is a Swedish businessman and technology entrepreneur primarily known for founding the American company Tiger Telematics, which created the handheld game console Gizmondo. Freer is also the founder of Singapore-based medical-device company, Aluminaid and co-author of several patents.

Business ventures

Freer founded Tiger Telematics, an electronics company that launched in 2002, raised over £160 million, and reached a market cap over $1 billion before it dissolved in 2006. He managed the development, launch and promotion of the Gizmondo. Freer was Chairman of the Tiger Telematics board of directors until he resigned in October 2005 pending publication of an article in the Swedish press. By 6 February 2006, the company was forced into compulsory liquidation and Gizmondo was discontinued. Other ventures included Xero Mobile—which had a service that automatically billed advertisers based on the number of marketing messages viewed by users—and Getfugu, which developed an application that enabled consumers to retrieve web content without typing a website address or search term into a browser. Freer co-founded a crowdsourcing networking website for filmmakers, financiers, actors and fans called FilmFunds as well as the Family Tree Foundation. In 2008, Carl Freer hosted a seminar at Georgia Institute of Technology entitled "High Tech Ventures in Mobile Gaming and Media". Freer discussed his experiences, his plans for a potential rebirth of Gizmondo as well as his plans for the development of new mobile video technologies. The event took place as part of GA Tech's GVU Center Lecture series. Later that year, a relaunch of Gizmondo was aborted. In 2010, Freer co-founded Aluminaid, which makes metal-based bandages to relieve pain in patients with first- and second-degree burns.

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References

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  2. Gibson, Ellie (6 August 2012). "A Horse named Gizmondo: The Inside Story of the World's Greatest Failed Console". Euro Gamer. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
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  4. ^ "Aluminaid: The New Frontier of Aluminum". King's Road Magazine. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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  8. Smith, Tony (27 October 2005). "Gizmondo executives quit under cloud". The Register.
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  14. "FilmFunds Acquires 3D Conversion Specialists Duran Duboi U.S." The Hollywood Reporter. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
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  16. "FilmFunds buys post house – Crowdsourcing venture wants to be one-stop shop". Variety. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  17. smith, Tony (13 May 2008). "Gizmondo console revamp 'on track' for Q4 launch, claims boss". The Register.
  18. "GVU Brown Bag – Carl Freer". Georgia Tech GVU Center. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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