IBM desires $167 M from Groupon over declared patent violation

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IBM took legal action against offers website Groupon in 2016 over 4 patents.


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IBM states it’s time for the “new kid on the block” to pay up.

IBM asked a jury on Monday to award the business $167 million in a suit versus offers website Groupon for utilizing trademarked innovation without permission, according toReuters

IBM’s legal representative apparently stated in federal court in Delaware that Groupon infringed patents including e-commerce innovation that had actually currently been accredited to Amazon, Facebook and Google for in between $20 million and $50 million per business.

“Most big companies have taken licenses to these patents,” stated IBM legal representative John Desmarais, according toReuters “Groupon has not. The new kid on the block refuses to take responsibility for using these inventions.”

Groupon’s legal representative apparently argued that IBM went beyond the protection of its patents and declared ownership of principles of the web.

“We understand the challenges Groupon faced in trying to become profitable, but that does not give it the right to infringe on our IP rights as innovators,” stated Doug Shelton, representative for IBM, in an e-mail declaration.

IBM took legal action against Groupon in 2016 over 4 patents, consisting of a “single sign in” innovation and a system that eases server loads.

“Groupon believes its use of the technologies in question is fair and appropriate. IBM’s assertions are based on old and inapplicable portions of its patent portfolio — which they don’t even use, and this lawsuit is clearly overreaching,” stated Bill Roberts, representative for Groupon, in an e-mail declaration. “We look forward to presenting our side of the matter.”

First released on July 17, 9: 58 a.m. PT.

Updates, 12: 06 p.m. PT: Adds IBM representative declaration.

Updates, 2: 26 p.m. PT: Adds Groupon representative declaration.