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Category: WTO Sub-category: Intellectual Property
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MacroSolve, Inc., a leading provider of mobile technologies, apps and solutions for business, has announced that it has filed a patent infringement suit against GEICO Insurance Agency, Inc., GEICO Casualty Company, and Government Employees Insurance Company, all wholly owned subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. it has also filed a patent suit against Yelp, Inc., one of the largest social networking site, user review and local search web sites, and Newegg Inc., the second-largest online-only retailer in the U.S. for violation of MacroSolve's U.S. Patent No. 7,822,816.
They said that their patent includes mobile apps that are deployed today across virtually all industries, including insurance.
MacroSolve's lawsuit against GEICO and its affiliates claims that, the defendants, directly or through intermediaries, made, used, imported, provided, supplied, distributed, sold or offered for sale products and systems that infringed one or more claims of the '816 patent by their customers' and/or defendants induced infringement and/or contributed to the infringement of '816 patent by their customers.
However, it is important to note that the complaint against Yelp and Newegg marks the 52nd complaint filed by MacroSolve in an effort to protect its intellectual property rights. The Company continues to successfully settle suits.
On October 26, 2010, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 7,822,816 to MacroSolve. The patent, a significant intellectual property asset to MacroSolve, further advances its position as a leader in the mobile solutions market. The patent addresses mobile information collection systems across all wireless networks, smartphones, tablets, and rugged mobile devices, regardless of carrier and manufacturer, and is currently utilized in MacroSolve's rapid mobile app development platforms. MacroSolve's patent covers fundamental technology in the mobile application space utilized by multiple companies.
Leveraging its intellectual property portfolio, MacroSolve enforces its landmark patent while providing mobile app products and services under the name Illume Mobile. MacroSolve is positioned to become a leader in the mobile app space, which is projected to become a $17.5 billion market in 2012.
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The Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) is an auto insurance company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway that as of 2007 provided coverage for more than 10 million motor vehicles owned by more than 9 million policy holders. GEICO writes private passenger automobile insurance in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
Newegg.com Inc. is an online retailer of computer hardware and software. It was founded by Fred Chang, a Taiwanese immigrant, in 2001 in California.
Yelp, Inc. is a company that operates yelp.com, a social networking, user review, and local search web site. Yelp.com has more than 54 million monthly unique visitors as of late 2010.
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