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Google Wins $1.3 Million From Patent Troll

Posted by timothy on from the may-the-bridge-collapse-upon-you-and-your-family dept.

An anonymous reader writes Earlier this year, Google sued Beneficial Innovations for breach of contract, ostensibly in defense of its Doubleclick ad technology clients against whom Beneficial Innovations had filed suits despite Google having already paid licensing fees for the technology. Following Google's jury trial win, the company was originally awarded only 'nominal damages of $1 and a judicial order stopping Beneficial from going after more Doubleclick customers.' Now, however, the presiding judge has ruled that Google is entitled to some attorneys' fees in the amount of $1.3 million (PDF).

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  1. Google was defending customers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    a.
    Google is the prevailing party because it
    has obtained a greater relief on the
    contract
    Google was not an original party but interven
    ed in this case on behalf of the Accused
    Google Customers, who were sued by Beneficial
    for allegedly infrin
    ging the ’702 and ’943
    Patents. In its Complaint for Intervention, G
    oogle answered Beneficial’s infringement claims
    against the Accused Google Custom
    ers, raising, among other things
    , “license” and “exhaustion” as
    affirmative defenses.