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: Philip Brooks’ Patent Infringement Updates

Acacia Research Subsidiary Creative Internet Advertising Corporation Receives $6.6 Million Jury Award in Patent Infringement Case

By Philip Brooks

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The following is excerpted from a May 18, 2009 press release at Business Wire:

The Simon Law Firm announces that on May 15, 2009, a federal jury awarded Acacia Research Corporation?s (Nasdaq: ACTG) subsidiary, Creative Internet Advertising Corporation, $6.6 million in a patent infringement trial with Yahoo! Inc.

The civil suit, Creative Internet Advertising Corporation v. Yahoo! Inc., et al., Cause No. 6:07cv534, pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, alleged that Yahoo! Inc.?s messenger program with IMVironments infringed United States Patent Number 6,205,432 (the ??432 patent?), both literally and under the Doctrine of Equivalents.

The jury awarded damages in the amount of $6,625,584. The jury also unanimously concluded that Yahoo! Inc.?s infringement of the ?432 patent was willful.

Creative Internet Advertising Corporation was represented by Anthony G. Simon of The Simon Law Firm of St. Louis, MO, and The Albritton Law Firm of Longview, TX.

Read the full press release here.

Full post as published by Philip Brooks’ Patent Infringement Updates on May 19, 2009 (boomark / email).