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('''Webvention LLC''' (which also litigates under names such as '''Webvention Company''') is a company that mostly exists to exploit the "rollover menu" patent ([http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Pars) |
(Webvention is suing Abercrombie & Fitch, Bed Bath & Beyond, Brown Shoe Co., Church & Dwight Company, Conocophillips, Dell, Donaldson Company, [[E*Trade Financial Corporatio) |
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Webvention bought the '294 patent from [[Intellectual Ventures]].<ref>http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202472798134</ref> | Webvention bought the '294 patent from [[Intellectual Ventures]].<ref>http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202472798134</ref> | ||
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+ | Webvention is suing [[Abercrombie & Fitch]], [[Bed Bath & Beyond]], [[Brown Shoe Co.]], [[Church & Dwight Company]], [[Conocophillips]], [[Dell]], [[Donaldson Company]], [[E*Trade Financial Corporation]], [[Gamestop]], [[Htc America]], [[Iasis Healthcare]], [[Insight Enterprises]], [[Neiman Marcus]], [[Pioneer Natural Resources]], [[Tenneco]], [[The Finish Line]], [[Travelcenters Of America]], [[United Parcel Service]], [[Visa]].<ref>http://www.legalmetric.com/complaints/txed%202-10cv00253-1-1.pdf</ref> | ||
==Related pages on {{SITENAME}}== | ==Related pages on {{SITENAME}}== | ||
* [[Patent troll]] | * [[Patent troll]] | ||
+ | * [[All businesses have software patent risk]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== |
Latest revision as of 11:44, 18 October 2010
Webvention LLC (which also litigates under names such as Webvention Company) is a company that mostly exists to exploit the "rollover menu" patent (#5,251,294)
Webvention bought the '294 patent from Intellectual Ventures.[1]
Webvention is suing Abercrombie & Fitch, Bed Bath & Beyond, Brown Shoe Co., Church & Dwight Company, Conocophillips, Dell, Donaldson Company, E*Trade Financial Corporation, Gamestop, Htc America, Iasis Healthcare, Insight Enterprises, Neiman Marcus, Pioneer Natural Resources, Tenneco, The Finish Line, Travelcenters Of America, United Parcel Service, Visa.[2]
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External links
- Patent Litigation Weekly: NPE Makes Offer Some Companies Can Refuse, 4 Oct 2010, law.com
- Rollover image on your website? That will be $80,000 (please), 14 Oct 2010, Ars Technica
- Letter which Novartis received from Webvention