Google, Samsung and others sued by acquirer of Nortel patents Rockstar

The Rockstar Consortium that acquired Nortel Networks' patents filed Thursday patent infringement suits against Google, Samsung, HTC and five other companies. In a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, Rockstar and subsidiary NetStar Technologies have alleged that Google has infringed seven of the patents acquired from Nortel. The patents, all titled "Associative Search Engine," relate to an invention used to provide advertisements based on us...