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Rates Technology Sues Google for $5B

Via Red Herring.

Rates Technology, a little-known patent-holding company based in Smithtown, New York, said it will seek $5 billion from Google for damages based on unpaid royalties from a patent infringement lawsuit RTI filed against Google in New York.

RTI is suing Google in U.S. District Court in New York’s Eastern District for infringement of patent 5,425,085, which governs the routing of VoIP calls in Google Talk, a VoIP and instant-messaging application.

RTI is also suing Google based on another patent, 5,519,769, which relates to inventions for minimizing the cost of telephone calls. The company is seeking an injunction against Google for all commercial activity pertaining to Google Talk.

posted by Fergie @ 12/30/2005 07:10:00 AM