Marrian Zhou, CNet; IBM wants $167M from Groupon over alleged patent infringement
"IBM asked a jury on Monday to award the company $167 million in a lawsuit against deals site Groupon for using patented technology without authorization, according to Reuters.
IBM's lawyer reportedly said in federal court in Delaware that Groupon infringed patents
involving e-commerce technology that had already been licensed to
Amazon, Facebook and Google for between $20 million and $50 million per
company.
"Most big companies have taken licenses to these
patents," said IBM lawyer John Desmarais, according to Reuters. "Groupon
has not. The new kid on the block refuses to take responsibility for
using these inventions."
Groupon's lawyer reportedly argued that
IBM exceeded the coverage of its patents and claimed ownership of
fundamentals of the internet."
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