Software maker GraphOn has filed suit against search giant Google, alleging that Google's Base, AdWords, Blogger, Sites and YouTube services violate GraphOn's patents.
GraphOn, based in Santa Cruz, California, acquired the patents through its acquisition of Network Engineering Software, a privately held network-software company, in 2005. The suit was filed in US District Court in the Eastern District of Texas.
A spokesperson for Google could not immediately be reached for comment.
According to GraphOn, the Google suit follows similar claims against AutoTrader.com, Classified Ventures, IAC/InterActiveCorp, Match.com, Yahoo, eHarmony.com and CareerBuilder.
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The suit involves patents 6,324,538; 6,850,940; 7,028,034; and 7,269,591, which involve a method of maintaining an automated and network-accessible database.
GraphOn is seeking permanent injunctive relief along with unspecified damages.
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"...a method of maintaining an automated and network-accessible database..."
Well thats not vague at all is it?!?
When will the US wake up and sort themselves out. Hopefully the rest of us can then get on with real development.
Yea thats very vague and I would guess covers quite a massive amount of IT systems world-wide.
I'm just waiting for the patent covering the organic process of expelling carbon dioxide followed by the inhalation of surrounding air applying filters to exclude all but oxygen.
so they took a answering machine, added a network hard-drive...made a patent on it....so the fact that the entire world uses servers has nothing to do with this patent huh??!?! quit being greedy because the big names or stealing your sunlight!!!