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IBM Wins $83M from Groupon in E-Commerce Patent Fight

3 pointsby geetfunalmost 7 years ago

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albertwangalmost 7 years ago
2016 article with more details: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;tech-policy&#x2F;2016&#x2F;03&#x2F;ibm-sues-groupon-saying-it-infringes-patents-related-to-1990s-prodigy-service&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;tech-policy&#x2F;2016&#x2F;03&#x2F;ibm-sues-groupon...</a><p>It links to the original lawsuit (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2016&#x2F;03&#x2F;IBM.Groupon.Patent.Complaint.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2016&#x2F;03&#x2F;IBM.Group...</a>) as well as the 4 patents: 5,796,967, 7,072,849, 5,961,601, and 7,631,346
geetfunalmost 7 years ago
Just purely out of curiosity when reading this. It seems like a lot of companies license these specific patents (eg. Twitter, Alphabet) as mentioned in the article. Does anyone know what patents they were referring to?