IBM wins jury verdict against GroupOn
On June 29, 2018, a jury awarded IBM an $82.5 million verdict against GroupOn.
From the Chicago Tribune:
Two of the patents came out of the Prodigy online service, which started in the late 1980s and predated the web. Another is related to preserving information in a continuing conversation between clients and servers. The fourth is related to authentication and expires in 2025.
IBM argued during the two-week trial that companies have paid from $20 million to $50 million for licenses to use its thousands of patents, including tech giants such as Amazon.com, Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn Corp. Groupon didn't seek IBM's permission.
The trial marked the first time in at least 20 years that a patent lawsuit filed by IBM has made it to the start of a jury trial, Shelton said.
The case was closely watched in the online advertising and marketing sector. At least 10 companies -- including Go Daddy Operating Co., LinkedIn and Twitter -- asked that information related to their prior IBM patent deals not be made public.
Recent reforms designed to fight abuses in the patent system have made it harder for companies to protect their intellectual property, John Desmarais, an IBM lawyer, said in an interview after the verdict. That's encouraged firms to resist IBM's demand for a licensing fee.
link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ibm-groupon-ecommerce-patent-suit-20180730-story.html
From the Chicago Tribune:
Two of the patents came out of the Prodigy online service, which started in the late 1980s and predated the web. Another is related to preserving information in a continuing conversation between clients and servers. The fourth is related to authentication and expires in 2025.
IBM argued during the two-week trial that companies have paid from $20 million to $50 million for licenses to use its thousands of patents, including tech giants such as Amazon.com, Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn Corp. Groupon didn't seek IBM's permission.
The trial marked the first time in at least 20 years that a patent lawsuit filed by IBM has made it to the start of a jury trial, Shelton said.
The case was closely watched in the online advertising and marketing sector. At least 10 companies -- including Go Daddy Operating Co., LinkedIn and Twitter -- asked that information related to their prior IBM patent deals not be made public.
Recent reforms designed to fight abuses in the patent system have made it harder for companies to protect their intellectual property, John Desmarais, an IBM lawyer, said in an interview after the verdict. That's encouraged firms to resist IBM's demand for a licensing fee.
link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ibm-groupon-ecommerce-patent-suit-20180730-story.html
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