Back in the 1990s, when dial-up modems still reigned and the internet bubble had just begun to inflate, we regularly used Lycos to look for GeoCities pages about comic books, X-Files, and Star Wars. Lycos still exists today, but it lost any claim to search engine supremacy long ago.
Until recently, however, Lycos still had a couple of internet search-related patents that a group of investors believes could be very valuable. In June, Lycos sold the patents to company called I/P Engine. And on Thursday, I/P Engine and its lawyers at Dickstein Shapiro asserted the patents in an Alexandria, Va., federal district court infringement complaint against Google, AOL, IAC Search & Media, Gannett Company, and Target Corporation.
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