Litigation Update
Tacoda, Inc., AOL, LLC, Time Warner, Inc., and Platform-A, Inc.
In 2007, Augme filed a lawsuit against Tacoda, Inc. in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, alleging 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").
In Augme's case against Tacoda, Inc.; AOL, LLC; Time Warner, Inc.; and Platform-A, Inc., Judge Robert W. Sweet endorsed a letter on August 26, 2010 that was dated August 17, 2010, requesting that the Court assign to Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Ellis the above action for settlement purposes. A settlement conference has been scheduled with Judge Ellis on October 28, 2010.
Yahoo! Inc.
On November 16, 2009, Augme filed a Complaint against Yahoo! Inc. for patent infringement relating to U.S. Patent Nos. 6,594,691 and 7,269,636, which patents relate to methods and systems for delivery of selected content from a network to a web page visitor. The matter is currently pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No. C-09-5386 EDL. The remedies available to Augme, if successful, include an injunction prohibiting any infringing actions, an award of damages adequate to compensate for the infringement, and costs of the action.
A settlement conference was held on July 28, 2010. An order was issued by Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte directing that the parties attending the settlement conference be members of management with full knowledge of the case and full authority to settle. It was also ordered that all proceedings relating to the settlement conference were to be held confidential, that all information disclosed between the parties would be subject to the strict confidentiality requirements of settlement conference practices, and that this confidentiality would carry on subsequent to the meeting. |
