AOL and Time Warner Ordered to Provide Discovery in Augme Technologies Patent ...
21.05.12
In 2007, Augme filed a lawsuit against Tacoda, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeking damages for alleged infringement of Augme-owned U.S. Patent Nos. 6,594,691 ("Method and System for Adding Function to a Web Page") and 7,269,636 ("Method and Code Module for Adding Function to a Web Page"). AOL was added as a party defendant subsequent to its acquisition of Tacoda. On September 6, 2011, Judge McMahon issued a Supplemental Claims Construction ruling. On November 14, 2011, Judge McMahon issued an order granting in part and denying in part Defendant Tacoda's motion for summary judgment. The Court held that Augme could not prove literal infringement under that Court's claim construction ruling previously issued. However, the Court reserved judgment on the issue of whether Augme could prove infringement under the doctrine of equivalents. Pursuant to Court order, Augme provided further briefing as to whether the Data Agent combined with Data Tag employed in Defendants' advertising network operates in essentially the same manner as claimed within the patents-in-suit. If the Court agrees with Augme's position, the case will proceed to trial.
Source: Marketwire (press release)