Northeastern Sues Google Over Search Patent
Northeastern University has sued Google in the patent-friendly federal court for the Eastern District of Texas, accusing the search giant of infringing upon its work. The University has paired with a startup called Jarg, which is the exclusive licensee of technology patented in 1997, just before Google’s incorporation and subsequent rise in the world of [...]
American Airlines Suit Against Google Stands
Google wanted a lawsuit by American Airlines over the search engine’s advertising practices dismissed, but a federal judge denied the motion.The latest challenge to Google over its competitive keyword bidding practices for AdWords will continue in the court system. American Airlines joined a growing list of companies that resent Google’s business model enough to sue [...]
Internet Taxes Avoided For Now
The present moratorium on Internet taxes has been extended for another four years, despite calls for Congress to make the ban permanent.The House of Representatives voted 405-2 to keep a current moratorium on Internet taxes intact for another four years. This keeps Internet access a tax free prospect for Americans. Efforts to push the ban [...]
Patent Suit Hits Google, AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo
Performance Pricing alleges in a federal lawsuit that the four Internet players they have sued infringe on a patent the company holds, in relation to paid search advertising.The patent in question, 6,978,253 (253 for short), covers, “A method of doing business over a global communications network.” Performance Pricing filed its patent application in June 1999, [...]
Google Gets Smart Clock
When sitting at your computer, you can probably check the time by glancing at your taskbar, your watch, or your cell phone; gaining one more option won’t exactly be a revolutionary experience. This option’s provided by Google, however, and the feature can determine the time in many different places. Queries like “time in china” and [...]
Someone Plays Politics On Yahoo News
Words have power, as a number of people have realized over the years of the printed page. A small example of that appeared as an odd edit on an AP article appearing on Yahoo News.Does Republican Presidential hopeful Ron Paul have unusual appeal, or is he just a longshot for the nomination? You’re forgiven if [...]
Hotswap Gets Funding From Wozniak
Hotswap says that “seeing is believing,” and, to a point, I agree; Hotswap lets people post videos to sell their used cars, which is far better than a picture or 15-word newspaper blurb. Now, with the support of Steve Wozniak, the site may be in a good position to take off. To clear up one [...]
Politicians Continue Courting Googlers
The US Presidential race has candidates chasing dollars like hounds after a fox, and one of their favorite destinations in rich Silicon Valley has been Google.People who have been with Google since its IPO days enjoyed watching the stock climb from an $85 debut to over $500 a share. Multiply that by enough stock options, [...]
Local Search Patent Holder Threatens Everybody
Verizon is first on a London-based company’s list of lawsuits to file (or licensing agreements to be extracted) after winning the rights to a 1999 patent for location-based search. Next up: any online service offering local search services. Wired’s Michael Myser breaks the news that the company Geomas filed suit against Verizon and lovechild Idearc [...]
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