Toyota, Others Prevail In Spat Over Britannica Map IP

By Ryan Davis (August 6, 2009, 10:06 PM EDT) -- A judge has invalidated two patents held by Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. for computerized map-viewing systems, handing a victory to seven companies, including Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. and Garmin International Inc., that the reference book publisher claimed infringed the patents with global positioning system products....

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