Google didn’t immediately comment Tuesday after EMG Technology said it...
Google didn’t immediately comment Tuesday after EMG Technology said it sued Google in U.S. District Court, Tyler, Texas. The patent infringement suit was filed by law firm Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell, and accused Google of infringing EMG’s U.S. Patent…
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7,441,196 by using EMG’s patented, simplified navigation system on smartphones and tablets. EMG said it sought a preliminary and permanent injunction against Google distributing the Chrome mobile browser in the U.S. The browser “directly infringes” the patent by displaying mobile Web pages on smartphones and tablets using EMG’s navigation system that “permits users to navigate a touch screen with unique inputs and to manipulate the screen for zooming and scrolling,” said Elliot Gottfurcht, lead inventor of EMG’s patent portfolio. Mobile devices made by Motorola and Samsung use Google’s mobile browser to navigate mobile websites using EMG’s patented system, he claimed.