MobGob Wins Favorable Claim Construction in Patent Infringement Suit Against Groupon, Inc.
Telecommunications Weekly April 20, 2011 The United States District Court, Central District of California, issued its claim construction order in the case, CY Technology Group LLC and MobGob, LLC vs. Groupon (Case No. 10-CV-07287 MRP) after a hearing on March 3, 2011. All of Groupon’s claim constructions of U.S. Patent No. 7,672,897 terms were rejected or found unnecessary by the District Court.
This patent litigation is about the core business of Groupon and how Groupon’s group buying website (www.groupon.com) is infringing upon the ‘897 Patent, which is exclusively licensed to MobGob (www.MobGob.com). The patent entitled “Method of Community Purchasing through the Internet” claims a network-connected group-buying system where a “deal” must reach a preset number of buys for the “deal” to be activated. this web site groupon dallas
“Many of Groupon’s proposed constructions sought to support (or create) their noninfringement positions by adding extraneous limitations to otherwise easily understood terms, by ignoring the full scope of the claim language, and by violating other basic principles of claim construction” said Alex Giza, partner at Russ August & Kabat and counsel for the plaintiffs. For example, Groupon argued that a coupon/voucher could not be a “product” as claimed in the ‘897 patent.
MobGob feels vindicated by the claim construction ruling. In complete contrast to a patent troll, MobGob (and its predecessor BlendBucks) were the true innovators – first implementing this patent for more than a year before Groupon ever came online. groupondallasnow.com groupon dallas
“MobGob is a real business where the owners of the patent are practicing their patented invention. Applied for more than 10 years ago, this invention was seen as innovative and granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It is this invention that MobGob has always used ever since it first offered gift cards on Blendbucks”, said Scott Chung, one of the original founders of MobGob and inventors of the ‘897 patent.
MobGob plans to press forward with its demand for an injunction against Groupon to cease their infringing group-buying activity.
For more information in regards to MobGob, contact: Public Relations, press@mobgob.com For any questions in regards to the lawsuit, contact Alex Giza of the law firm Russ August and Kabat: agiza@raklaw.com 310-979-8240
