- AOL Sells IP To Microsoft: No, Not That IP
Online Media Daily, Joe Mandese - Monday, April 9, 2012
AOL this morning announced a deal to sell more than 800 of its patents and their applications to Microsoft for $1.056 billion in cash. Following the sale, AOL said ...
- P&G Sues Private Label Dental Strip Maker
Marketing Daily, Karl Greenberg - Thursday, April 5, 2012
Procter & Gamble hasfiled a lawsuit againstBe Well Marketing, Inc., a private-label manufacturer and distributor of tooth whitening products. The lawsuit alleges thatBe Well Marketing, Inc.is violating P&G's intellectual proper ...
- Facebook: Yahoo Suit Threatens "Material" Impact
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, March 28, 2012
No one knows how Yahoo's patent suit against Facebook will play out. Yet based on a new S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the social network is braci ...
- Software Patents Are A Frustrating Mess
Online Spin, Matt Straz - Monday, March 19, 2012
The recent news that Yahoo was suing Facebook for patent infringement unleashed a torrent of blog posts and tweets. While it may eventually pay dividends, assuming the role of ...
- Yahoo Sues Facebook Over Patent
Around the Net in Online Marketing - Top of the News, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Making good on earlier threats, Yahoo is proceeding with a substantial patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook. “The attack … is sure to be a controversial one, pitting Yahoo against ...
- Augme Sues Velti For Patent Infringement
Mobile Marketing Daily, Steve Smith - Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Augme is claiming that mobile marketing provider Velti infringed on three patents related to targeting content to a Web browser. It filed a similr suit against Yahoo this week. ...
- Yahoo Threatens Facebook With Patent Dispute
Around the Net in Online Marketing - Top of the News, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, February 28, 2012
If you can’t beat ‘em, sue ‘em -- That seems to be Yahoo’s logic as it threatens to tie up Facebook in a patent dispute on the basis that ...
- Microsoft Files EU Complaint Against Motorola/Google
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Microsoft has filed a competition complaint against Motorola Mobility and Google with the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union. In a (once revised)
blog post, Dave Heine ...
- British Telecom Drops Patent Bomb On Google
Around the Net in Online Marketing - Top of the News, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, December 19, 2011
The patent wars continue as British Telecom is claiming billions of dollars in damages from Google. In a lawsuit filed in the United States, BT claims that Google’s Android mobi ...
- Invidi Granted Key Patent For Addressable TV Ads
Raw, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Invidi Technologies, the addressable TV advertising developer whose backers include WPP's GroupM unit, has been granted a key patent for the underlying functionality of its addressable advertising system by t ...
- Search Engine Dissatisfaction Reports
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, October 19, 2011
What if Bing and Google added a feedback button after every search, wonders Bill Slawski. How would that impact the search results people see? He tells us about a Microsoft patent describing h ...
