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  U7UNITED
  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 8, 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))
  Section
  2.   Financial Information.
  Item
  2.02 Triggering Events That Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation
  or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.
  (a) On
  January 5, 2009, the Company certified that an Event of Default has occurred
  pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated Senior Secured Convertible Notes
  due December 2009 (the "Exchanged CAP Notes") and the Company's Amended and
  Restated Senior Secured Subordinated Notes due July 2009 (the "Exchanged Bridge
  Notes").
  On
  January 8, 2009, the Registrant received a letter from counsel for FP Tech
  Holdings, LLC ("FP Tech"), an affiliate of Acclaim Financial Group ("AFG"), and
  the holder of approximately 72% of the Registrant's common stock and
  approximately 60% of the Exchanged CAP Notes, declaring an Event of Default has
  occurred under the Exchanged CAP Notes due to, among other things, the Company's
  failure to meet the minimum "Consolidated EBITDA" as set forth in Section
  (4)(a)(xi) of the Exchanged CAP Notes.   As a consequence, FP
  Tech declared all amounts due and owing under the Exchanged CAP Notes
  immediately due and payable.  FP Tech also stated that it may exercise
  any and all of its rights and remedies including, without limitation, proceeding
  to foreclose on its collateral pursuant to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial
  Code.
  As of the
  date of this report, the outstanding principal amount of the Exchanged CAP Notes
  is $5,264,000.  The outstanding principal amount of the Exchanged
  Bridge Notes is $3,921,643.
  Item
  9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
  (d)
  Exhibit index.
  Exhibit
        No.
  Description
  99.1
  Letter,
        dated January 8, 2009, from counsel for FP Tech providing Registrant with
        Notice of Default.
  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 13, 2009
  By:
  /s/ Stephen
        Peary
  Stephen
        Peary
  Vice
        President, General Counsel