February 29, 2016
Patent infringement lawsuits against Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and other tech giants were thrown out Monday, after a federal judge in Texas ruled the asserted email patent was invalid because it was directed to an abstract idea.
October 09, 2015
Google, Facebook and Amazon on Thursday lost attempts to toss an Australian company's suit claiming the companies are infringing a long-standing email patent, when a Texas federal judge found that a dismissal before a claims construction hearing would be premature.
February 24, 2015
An Australian company on Monday sued Google Inc., Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and others in Texas federal court Monday, alleging the companies infringe patented technology that allows users to send emails using descriptive terms instead of email addresses.