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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): March 31, 2009
  __________________________
  FIREPOND,
  INC.
  (Exact
  Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  __________________________
  Delaware
  000-28515
  20-3446646
  (State
        or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
  (Commission
        File Number)
  (I.R.S.
        Employer Identification No.)
  11
  Civic Center Plaza, Suite 310, Mankato, Minnesota  56001
  (Address
  of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  (507)
  388-0400
  (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
  8.01                                Other
  Events.
  On March
  31, 2009, the Registrant filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 7 of the
  United States Bankruptcy Code with the United States Bankruptcy Court, District
  of Minnesota.
  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:
        April 3, 2009
  By:
  /s/
        Stephen Peary
  Stephen
        Peary
  Chief
        Financial Officer