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August 18, 2008
Googled
GraphOn
has sued Google in the Eastern District of
Texas for infringing four patents related to network servers:
6,324,538;
6,850,940;
7,028,034; and
7,269,591. GraphOn has sued before with this portfolio, and wrestled a
settlement recently out of hapless AutoTrader.com. Other defendants, including
Yahoo! and Match.com, fight on.
GraphOn acquired the patents via acquisition of privately-held Network Engineering Software in 2005.
As well as a payday, GraphOn seeks a permanent injunction. Fat chance of that.
The patents are likely to be invalidated, if a top-drawer prior art searcher is employed. They look an easy 103.
Posted by Patent Hawk at August 18, 2008 10:15 AM | Litigation