IBM Wins $45 Million in Patent Lawsuit Against Zynga Over Core Internet Technology Infringements
Wilmington, Delaware — In a significant legal victory for IBM, a Delaware jury ordered Zynga, the creator of FarmVille, and its subsidiary Chartboost, to pay $45 million for infringing on two of IBM’s patents. The decision, reached last week, highlighted ongoing issues surrounding patent rights in the technology sector, particularly regarding foundational online networking and advertising technologies that have become ubiquitous on the modern internet. IBM argued in court that its patents are vital to the architecture of today’s digital ads and networking. Notably, these include innovations dating back to the 1980s with Prodigy, an … Read more