LI firm sues Google, Facebook over patent infringement
Quick ReadIn its lawsuit, Wireless Ink of East Islip accuses both social networks of violating Wireless Ink's 2004 patent.
Photo credit: AP | File - In an Oct. 14, 2009 file photo a sign designates the Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.
An East Islip company has sued tech giants Google Inc. and Facebook Inc., saying their mobile phone-based social networks improperly infringe on a patent.
Wireless Ink Corp. filed suit Monday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
Wireless Ink's 62-page patent, which it said was published in 2004, outlines the structure of a system for sharing information on a wireless network.
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