Google ordered to pay royalty on AdWords revenue to Vringo

January 29, 2014

Google has been ordered by a court in Virginia to pay royalty to I/P Engine for infringing some claims of two of its patents through the AdWords advertising system.District Judge Raymond A. Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk division decided Tuesday that I/P Engine, a patent licensing subsidiary of Vringo, should be paid an ongoing royalty rate of 6.5 percent on a part of AdWords revenue.Google had earlier argued that it had redesigned AdWords, and functions of the system that I/P Engine held to be infringing had been removed even before the entry of judgment. It held that if royalties were warranted, it should be in a lump sum, according to court records.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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