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    • Eolas Technologies Incorporated v. Adobe Systems Incorporated, Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Argosy Publishing Inc., Blockbuster Inc., CDW Corporation, Citigroup Inc., Ebay Inc., Frito-Lay Inc., The Go Daddy Group Inc., Google Inc., J.C. Penney Company Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., New Frontier Media Inc., Office Depot Inc., Perot Systems Corp., Playb

    Mar. 31, 2012
    Verdicts and settlements
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    Intellectual Property
    Patent Infringement
    Object Interaction

    Eolas Technologies Incorporated v. Adobe Systems Incorporated, Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Argosy Publishing Inc., Blockbuster Inc., CDW Corporation, Citigroup Inc., Ebay Inc., Frito-Lay Inc., The Go Daddy Group Inc., Google Inc., J.C. Penney Company Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., New Frontier Media Inc., Office Depot Inc., Perot Systems Corp., Playb

    Published: Mar. 31, 2012 | Result Date: Feb. 9, 2012 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |
    Case number: 6:2009-cv-00446 Verdict –  Defense

    Court

    USDC Texas


    Attorneys

    Plaintiff

    Douglas A. Cawley

    John F. Garvish II

    Joshua W. Budwin

    Gayle R. Klein

    Mike McKool Jr.
    (McKool Smith)


    Defendant

    Jeffrey G. Homrig
    (Latham & Watkins LLP)

    Douglas W. McClellan
    (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP)

    Jennifer Haltom Doan

    Michael E. Jones

    Douglas E. Lumish
    (Latham & Watkins LLP)


    Facts

    Eolas Technologies Inc. filed suit against various defendants for patent infringement. Eolas alleged that their patents covered virtually every way of interacting with "objects" on the modern "interactive web."

    Result

    The jury ruled for the defense and found Eolas' patents to be invalid.


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