IBM Seeks $167 Million From Groupon in E-Commerce Patent Suit
- Two of case’s four patents stem from 1980s Prodigy service
- IBM, U.S. patent leader, had $1.2 billion in licensing in 2017
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Groupon Inc. built its online coupon business on the back of International Business Machines Corp.’s e-commerce inventions without permission, lawyers for IBM said at the start of a federal trial seeking damages for patent infringement.
IBM is asking jurors to award the company $166.5 million for using four patented technologies. That figure is expected to be a point of contention throughout the trial in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware.