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Impact Engine, Inc. v. Google LLC

  1. September 01, 2022

    Google Prevails Over Startup In Online Ad Tech Patent Suit

    A California federal judge granted Google LLC's request to invalidate all remaining patent claims in a tech startup's infringement suit against the search company over online advertising technology, finding some weren't supported by the court's claim construction and others were either unpatentable or invalid.

  2. November 12, 2021

    Google Knocks Out 2 Patents In Ad Tech Fight

    A California federal judge has invalidated claims in two online advertising patents that Google challenged because they only automate "conventional activities," but rejected the tech giant's attempt to take down a third patent.

  3. October 21, 2020

    Google Can't See Who's Funding Ad Tech Co.'s Patent Battle

    Google can't force a digital advertising company to cough up information on who is funding its patent infringement case accusing the tech giant of stealing online advertising technology, a California federal judge ruled Tuesday, holding that the documents at issue are protected by the work-product doctrine.

  4. June 22, 2020

    Judge Junks Google's 'Novel' Inequitable Conduct Argument

    A California federal judge on Monday shot down Google's "novel" theory that a San Diego company had engaged in inequitable conduct by lying to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in order to obtain patents for online advertising technology that Google is accused of stealing.

  5. May 21, 2020

    Google Reasserts Claim That Ad Tech Co. Lied To USPTO

    Google is bolstering its defenses against allegations that it stole a San Diego company's patented online advertising technology, telling a California federal judge that the company is attempting to skirt evidence that the patents were obtained by deceiving the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.