September 01, 2022
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.
November 12, 2021
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.
October 21, 2020
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.
June 22, 2020
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.
May 21, 2020
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.