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        Tech&#8221;), located at 207C N. Washington Ave., Marshall, Texas 75670, acquired all
        securities of the Company previously owned directly or indirectly by its
        Chairman, Douglas B. Croxall.&#160;&#160;According to filings with the
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                  The common stock sale reported herein was made by Robert Willard
  &amp;
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        registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
        undersigned thereunto duly authorized.</font></div>
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  UNITED
        STATES
  SECURITIES
        AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington,
        D.C. 20549
  FORM
        8-K
  __________________________
  CURRENT
        REPORT
  PURSUANT
        TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
  SECURITIES
        EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  Date
        of
        Report (date of earliest event reported): January 9, 2008
  __________________________
  FIREPOND,
        INC.
  (Exact
        Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  __________________________
  Delaware
  000-28515
  20-3446646
  (State
                  or Other Jurisdiction of
  (Commission
                  File Number)
  (I.R.S.
                  Employer
  Incorporation
                  or Organization)
  Identification
                  No.)
  205
        Newbury Street, Suite 204, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701
  (Address
        of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  (508)
        820-4300
  (Registrant's
        telephone number,
  including
        area code)
  __________________________
  Check
        the
        appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
        satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
        provisions:
  o
  Written
        communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
        230.425)
  o
  Soliciting
        material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
        240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement
        communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
        240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement
        communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
        240.13e-4(c))
  Item
        5.01 Changes in Control of Registrant.
  On
        January 3, 2008, FP Tech Holdings, LLC, a Texas limited liability company ("FP
        Tech"), located at 207C N. Washington Ave., Marshall, Texas 75670, acquired all
        securities of the Company previously owned directly or indirectly by its
        Chairman, Douglas B. Croxall.  According to filings with the
        Securities and Exchange Commission, FP Tech acquired the following
        securities:
  Title
                  of Security
  Amount
                  Acquired
  Price
  Common
                  Stock
  546,875
  $1.91
                  per share
  Common
                  Stock (1)
  15,000
  $1.91
                  per share
  Common
                  Stock (2)
  1,927,414
  $1.91
                  per share
  Senior
                  Secured Convertible Notes Due    2009
                  (3)
  48,000
  $91,680
  Call
                  Option (obligation to sell) (4)
  26,041
  $0
  Call
                  Option (obligation to sell) (4)
  26,041
  $0
  Call
                  Option (obligation to sell) (4)
  26,043
  $0
  1.
                  The common stock sale reported herein was made by Robert Willard
  &
                  Associates LLC. Douglas Croxall is a member and the sole manager
                  of Robert
                  Willard & Associates, LLC.
  2.
                  The common stock sale reported herein was made by Jaguar Technology
                  Holdings, LLC ("Jaguar"). Mr. Croxall is the sole member of Riverland
                  Enterprises LLC, which is the sole member-manager of Jaguar.
  3.
                  The convertible note sale reported herein was made by Robert Willard
  &
                  Associates LLC. Douglas Croxall is a member and the sole manager
                  of Robert
                  Willard & Associates, LLC.
  4.
                  The call option reported herein represents an obligation to sell
                  and
                  deliver shares at future dates for which shares the purchase price
                  has
                  already been paid.
  The
        above
        listed securities represent 2,615,414 shares of common stock, or approximately
        31.3%, of the Company's issued and outstanding shares of common
        stock.  An affiliate of FP Tech, NMPP, Inc. owns an additional 336,562
        shares, or approximately an additional 4.0%, of the Company's issued and
        outstanding shares of common stock. These shares represent the largest ownership
        interest of the Company's common stock.
  The
        source of funds used by FP Tech is not known by the Company.
  The
        Company is not aware of any arrangements or understandings among members of
        the
        former and new control groups and their respective associates with respect
        to
        election of directors or other matters.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
        registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
        undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  FIREPOND,
                  INC.
  Date: 
                  January 9, 2008
  By:
  /s/ 
                  Stephen Peary
  Stephen
                  Peary
  Chief
                  Financial Officer