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Searchmetrics Files “IPRs” To Invalidate BrightEdge SEO Patents In Lawsuit
Roughly a year ago, several BrightEdge SEO-related patents were granted. The company almost immediately turned around and sued Searchmetrics for...
BrightEdge Uses SEO Patents As “Sword,” Sues Searchmetrics
Oh no they didn’t: BrightEdge has sued rival Searchmetrics using multiple SEO patents, which were granted last year. The concern being...
German Design Firm Claims Willful Patent Infringement Over Google Earth
A German design firm is claiming that Google and Google Earth have infringed its patent (USRE44550 E1) and is seeking triple damages under the...
Google May Be Forced To Pay $1 Billion To Patent Troll
A New York-based “patent troll” called Vringo, through its subsidiary I/P engine, successfully sued Google, Microsoft, AOL and...
Google, Android Makers Sued By Apple “Rockstar” Consortium Over Search, AdWords
Roughly two years ago Google and a consortium of companies competitively bid for the vast patent portfolio of bankrupt Canadian Company Nortel...
Google Maps Might Be Banned In Germany Over Patent Infringement
Google Maps may be banned in Germany as the result of a patent infringement lawsuit underway at a regional court in Germany. As FOSS Patents...
Microsoft Sued By Company That Won Patent Lawsuit Against Google In 2012
New York-based Vringo has sued Microsoft over two patents that pertain to the ranking and placement of ads in search results. The patents were...
FTC Playing Antitrust Poker With Google And Looking For A Way To Save Face
Last week there was a report that “four out of five FTC commissioners” favored going forward with an antitrust case against Google....
Google’s Patent Screed Emerges As PR Blunder
Google’s mostly ill-conceived patent screed from yesterday has opened the floodgates of discussion about Google’s (Android’s)...
Google Lashes Out Against Apple, Microsoft Patent “Conspiracy”
Google’s Chief Legal Officer David Drummond has lashed out at rivals Apple, Microsoft, Oracle and unnamed others for waging what he says...
Legal Woes Mount For Google: “Locationgate,” Skyhook Suit And FTC-Search Probe
Following the revelation last week that the iPhone stored user location data a consumer class action was filed. This kind of...
Priceline.com Founder Sues Google Over Offers Service
Although Google Offers hasn’t formally launched yet, the service is already facing its first lawsuit. Walker Digital, a private R&D...
Google Loses Patent Case Over Linux Servers
The FOSS Patents blog reported that Google lost an important patent case on their Linux server kernels they have been using throughout the...
Google Bids Nearly $1 Billion For Nortel Patent Portfolio
Google has bid $900 million (according to the Wall Street Journal) for an extensive patent portfolio owned by the now-bankrupt Canadian company...
Facebook Patents Social Search (Courtsey Of Friendster)
Has Facebook patented social search? It appears so, according to a patent awarded earlier this year by the USPTO. The patent, written the same...
Google, Microsoft Cooperate To Invalidate Broad Online Mapping Patent
It’s reasonable to say that the world of technology patents is screwed up and headed for some major reform. One area in which this is very...
Paul Allen Refiles Patent Suit Against Google, Facebook, Yahoo & Others
As expected, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has re-filed his patent infringement lawsuit against some of the biggest companies on the web. The...
Judge Grants Google’s & AOL’s Motion To Dismiss Paul Allen Lawsuit
A district court judge in Seattle has granted motions filed by Google and AOL to dismiss a Paul Allen patent infringement lawsuit against those...
“Free Isn’t Free”: Microsoft Trying To Make Android More Costly With Patent Suit
News broke yesterday that Microsoft was suing Motorola for Android-related patent infringements. Microsoft said in a blog post that its patents...
Skyhook Wireless Sues Google: You Lie About Android “Openness”
In a lawsuit that will be closely watched Boston’s Skyhook Wireless has sued Google for patent infringement and interfering in its...
