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      (Redirected from Webvention Company)

      Webvention LLC (which also litigates under names such as Webvention Company) is a company that mostly exists to exploit the "rollover menu" patent (#5,251,294)

      Webvention bought the '294 patent from Intellectual Ventures.[1]

      Webvention is suing Abercrombie & Fitch, Bed Bath & Beyond, Brown Shoe Co., Church & Dwight Company, Conocophillips, Dell, Donaldson Company, E*Trade Financial Corporation, Gamestop, Htc America, Iasis Healthcare, Insight Enterprises, Neiman Marcus, Pioneer Natural Resources, Tenneco, The Finish Line, Travelcenters Of America, United Parcel Service, Visa.[2]

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      • Patent troll
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      External links

      • Patent Litigation Weekly: NPE Makes Offer Some Companies Can Refuse, 4 Oct 2010, law.com
      • Rollover image on your website? That will be $80,000 (please), 14 Oct 2010, Ars Technica
      • Letter which Novartis received from Webvention

      References

      1. ↑ http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202472798134
      2. ↑ http://www.legalmetric.com/complaints/txed%202-10cv00253-1-1.pdf
      Retrieved from "https://wiki.endsoftwarepatents.org/w/index.php?title=Webvention_LLC&oldid=19740"
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