Monday, August 25, 2008

Google Gets a New Lawsuit This Time on Patent Infringement Search Engine Journal

The list of companies suing up Google just got a new member in GraphOn Corp. a developer of server based application publishing and web enabling software solutions. GraphOn has charged Google with infringement of four its owned patents. Filing their complaint in US District Court in the Eastern District of Texas GraphOn complains that Google has infringed on their U.S. Patent Nos. the patent the patent the patent and the patent . All these patents protect GraphOn s unique method of maintaining an automated and network accessible database. According to the complaint Google s Base Adwords Blogger Google Sites and YouTube have infringe on the GraphOn patents and the company is seeking permanent injunctive relief along with yet to be determined damages. Interestingly GraphOn is no longer stranger to this kind of complaints. It previously filed the same patent infringement case against AutoTrade.com Juniper Networks and Classified Ventures LLC IAC InterActiveCorp Match.com LLC Ya! hoo Inc. eHarmony.com and CareerBuilder LLC. Of these three lawsuits GraphOn has settled only with AutoTrader.com recently. Google has not yet published any official statement regarding this lawsuit. Vote for this post or Buzz it at Yahoo Comments responses so far There are no comments yet.Kick things off by filling out the form below. Leave a Comment Name Mail Website XHTML You can use these tags Notify me of followup comments via e mail The SEO Economy A Search Marketing Recruiter s Perspective About the Journal About the Journal Supporters SEO Services from SEJ Link Building Search Marketing Jobs Directories Best of the Web Yahoo Directory DMoz Open Directory Aviva Directory SevenSeek More Directories Journal Sponsors Advertise on Search Engine Journal Search the Journal General Branding Strategy Insider Dave Naylor Google Operating System Graywolf Jim Boykin Joost de Valk Link Spiel Marketing Pilgrim Matt Cutts Online Marketing Blog Palatnik Factor Performancing ProBlog! ger.net Pronet Advertising ResourceShelf Search Engine Land Search Engine People Search Engine Roundtable Search Views SEM In House SEO Book SEO by the SEA SEO Design Blog SEO Smarty SEW Blog Stuntdubl Techipedia Techmeme Browse by Category Search Engine Marketing Search Engine News Search Engine Advertising Search Engine Optimization Search Engine Journal Search Engine News on SEO Search Marketing Optimized by PronetAdvertising Design by Chris Pearson

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