Twitter Wins Patent Lawsuit, Won't Have To Pay $8 Million In Compensation
In just under a year, Twitter has fought and won a more than $8 million patent lawsuit.
Twitter was being sued for infringing on a patent filed in 2002 for “creating an interactive community of famous people,” and won its courtroom battle this week.
According to reports from Bloomberg, a federal jury in Norfolk Virginia sided with Twitter in a nearly year-long battle the company has been waging against VS Technologies.
VS Technologies had filed a lawsuit in January claiming that Twitter infringed on their patent for a virtual community, which included the ability to allow famous people to connect and members to create a profile.
Twitter had fought this lawsuit tooth and nail since the beginning, attempting to first move
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