A New York-based “patent troll” called Vringo, through its subsidiary I/P engine, successfully sued Google, Microsoft, AOL and others using two patents related to search advertising. The plaintiff won approximately $30 million at trial in 2012.
Google was asked to pay $15.8 million of that amount. Yet plaintiffs
were also seeking ongoing royalties, which the court has now awarded.
Google was contesting the royalty and the company will likely now appeal
the calculation, which is potentially massive.
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