None of the parties are saying much about the trial. The lead lawyer for Spangenberg’s patent holding company, Bright Response LLC, was Marc Fenster of the Los Angeles firm Russ, August & Kabat; he didn’t respond to The Prior Art’s requests for comment. Google’s outside lawyers at Quinn Emanuel deferred to the company, but a Google spokesperson declined to comment. The company did offer a short statement to sister publication AmLaw Litigation Daily (subscription required) immediately after trial. At that time deputy GC Tim Alger said: “This decision, as well as other recent Google patent litigation victories, validates our long-standing belief that the courts are burdened with a great number of frivolous patent lawsuits filed by speculators looking for an unjustified windfall.”
Still, a Spangenberg v. Google showdown in Marshall is too good for us to pass up at The Prior Art. All sides may be keeping mum, but the documents have a story to tell.
- A PATENT ON SORTING E-MAIL: USED TO SUE SEARCH ENGINES
