Xerox Sues Google, Yahoo Over Search Patents

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 24, 2010 @05:14AM 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."

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In this thread: by Anonymous Coward · 2010-02-24 06:25 · Score: -1, Redundant

Xerox demonstrates very clearly and loudly, after the fashion of patent trolls worldwide, that as a company they realize they are no longer relevant, and seek to rectify the situation. Translation: Xerox has become an attention whore. Memo to Xerox: you might have better luck with camwhoring.