Case Filed: Sep 17, 2013
Case Closed: Jan 23, 2014
Court: California Northern
District Court
Judge: Phyllis J. Hamilton
Case Summary:
MasterObjects, a software
development and design company sued Google accusing them of infringing a patent
describing a method to immediately start showing search results while a user is
still typing his query into the search box. The patent-in-suit, US patent number
8539024, is entitled ‘System and method for asynchronous client server session
communication’, issued on Sep 17, 2013 and expiring[i]
by Aug 20, 2021. Mark H Smit is one of the named inventors and founder of MasterObjects.
The complaint said that Google infringes the search technology that is
claimed in the ‘024 patent and cites Google’s Instant, Suggest, Client Access
Points for Search, Quick Search Box for Android, all of which provide search
suggestions to a user as queries are typed. It was further stated in the
document that Google had knowledge of the patent application since 2008.
The case is concluded as the
plaintiff MasterObjects filed voluntary dismissal without prejudice.
The company has also sued Amazon.com
and Microsoft, which offer custom search engines that start showing results
while a user is entering his query.
See 4:13-cv-04304
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[i]
Expected expiration date. Patent Term Estimator is a free web-based tool that automatically
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