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Xerox Sues Google, Yahoo Over Search Patents

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yet-apple-walks-away-free dept.

gnosygnus writes "Xerox Corp has sued Google, Inc. and Yahoo, Inc., accusing them of infringing the document management company's patents related to Internet search. In a lawsuit filed last Friday in the US District Court in Delaware, Xerox said Google's Web-based services, such as Google Maps, YouTube and AdSense advertising software, as well as Web tools including Yahoo Shopping, infringe patents granted as far back as 2001. Xerox seeks compensation for past infringement and asked the court to halt the companies from further using the technology."

2 of 202 comments (clear)

  1. Xerox invented everything! by Halotron1 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So seriously, Xerox invented the GUI, then Apple and Microsoft stole it.

    Now Xerox invented internet search, then Google and Yahoo stole it?

    They must be smartest programmers in the world, with the worst marketing department ever.

  2. Re:Xerox Gets a Pass by Ceseuron · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...Or it's one of the finest examples of our glorious American business model:

    1. Patent something, no matter how vague or generalized it is.
    2. Sit on said patent and do nothing with it.
    3. Wait for someone else to invest all the R&D, production, and marketing resources on something that infringes on your patent.
    4. Sue for said infringement.
    5. Profit on your patent without making any investment in the product or service that the patent was granted for.