Google's no stranger to the wide world of Web lawsuits, but for the most part, their legal confrontation are usually handed down from other media and tech companies or wacky users. The latest suit comes from a more unusual source--an American University.
Boston's Northeastern University is suing the search company for patent infrigment. Filed last Tuesday, the suit claims that Kenneth Baclawski, one of the school's professors, is the rightful owner of key aspect of Google's search technology.
According to MediaPost, "Baclawski was awarded patent No. 5,694,593, 'Distributed computer database system and method, 10 years ago, but reportedly didn't become aware of the allegation that Google's search system violated his patent until two and a half years ago, when approached by a Boston law firm."
Google isn't buying it, however. "We believe the complaint to be without merit based upon our initial investigation," said company spokesman Jon Murchison.
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