Saturday, November 10, 2007

Northeastern sues Google over patent - The Boston Globe

Maybe Google should simply acquire Northeastern University...  Of course, that would have been easier before GOOG lost ~$70/share in the last week.

Northeastern University and a start-up company cofounded by an associate professor have filed a patent-infringement suit against Google Inc., claiming that database technology patented in 1997 was misappropriated by the world's most popular Internet search service.

"This particular patent has to do with the fundamental database architecture, which they use to serve up every single result they serve to you," said Michael Belanger, president of Jarg Corp. in Waltham. Jarg is a privately funded developer of advanced search technology. The company was cofounded by Northeastern associate professor Kenneth P. Baclawski and holds an exclusive license to the patent, which is owned by Northeastern.

Northeastern sues Google over patent - The Boston Globe

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