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Ariba, Inc.
Ariba Wins Patent Case Against Emptoris
November 22nd, 2008
Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARBA), the leading spend management solutions provider, announced that it has prevailed in a patent litigation suit against Emptoris, Inc. Yesterday, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas returned a verdict that Emptoris has willfully infringed an Ariba patent covering key functions for electronic auctions and found infringement on a second patent also pertaining to electronic auctions. The jury awarded Ariba $4.9 million in damages. Due to the finding of willful infringement of one of the patents, the court has discretion to increase the award related to that patent up to three times. In addition, Emptoris voluntarily...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-11-22)
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