Christopher Yasiejko, Chicago Tribune; IBM wins $83 million from Groupon in e-commerce patent fight
"A U.S. jury awarded IBM $82.5 million after finding that Groupon infringed four of its e-commerce patents.
Friday's
verdict is a boon to IBM's intellectual-property licensing business,
which last year brought in $1.19 billion for the company, holder of more
than 45,000 patents.
IBM sued Chicago-based Groupon for $167
million, accusing it of building its online coupon business on the back
of the IBM e-commerce inventions without permission. Midway through
their first full day of deliberations in Wilmington, Delaware, jurors
sided with IBM, finding that Groupon infringed the patents
intentionally. The ruling means the judge can increase the damages
award."
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