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BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. v. Searchmetrics, GmbH. et al
Case Number:
4:14-cv-01009
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January 22, 2018
German SEO Firm Wins Patent Infringement Fight Under Alice
A California federal judge Friday tossed litigation accusing Berlin-based Searchmetrics GmbH and a California subsidiary of infringing a rival search engine optimization firm's patents, agreeing the asserted inventions related to statistical market analysis and market share growth and were not patentable under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice ruling.
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November 20, 2017
SEO Firm Can't Use German Privacy Law In IP Discovery Row
A dispute about the scope of Germany's stringent data privacy laws took center stage in a patent row earlier this month between two search engine optimization firms facing off in California federal court, when a judge chided one company for trying to hold on to data that was already shielded by a protective order.