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3 August 2016Patents

TripAdvisor, Pinterest and Virgin named in patent lawsuit

Companies including TripAdvisor, Twitter, Pinterest and Virgin America have been sued for allegedly infringing patents directed to data storage technology.

The four companies, as well as 11 others, were accused of infringement in lawsuits filed by Texas-based Autumn Cloud at the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas yesterday, August 2.

In the complaint, Autumn Cloud asserted US patent numbers 7,606,843 and 8,239,347, which it acquired in 2009 and 2012 respectively.

According to the complaints, “without authority from Autumn Cloud”, Twitter and the other defendants make, use, market and sell methods for customising the storage and management of data.

Autumn Cloud says that the companies have induced infringementof the patents with full knowledge of themand with full knowledge that the use of website interfaces or smartphone apps constitutes infringement.

Autumn Cloud is seeking a declaration that it is the rightful owner of the patents and that the named defendants have infringed them.

It is also seeking damages and attorneys’ fees.

Other defendants include Groupon and Lonely Planet.

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