So many of you love Twitter. It's your life mass messaged in 140 characters or less.
Those "tweets" end up online, on your phone or in your e-mail and now Twitter could soon end up in court.
"They're sort of trespassing on our property," said Attorney Shawn Staples.
Staples filed a lawsuit in Federal Court in Houston against Twitter. Staples represents Sugar Land based TechRadium, a company specializing in mass messaging emergency and non-emergency information to various platforms. Clients like the United States Army and school districts use TechRadium to notify a lot of people quickly.
"TechRadium spent a lot of time and years developing this technology," said Staples.
The lawsuit claims Twitter is infringing on three of six TechRadium patents -- illegally using technology and a concept from which TechRadium developed a business. Staples says TechRadium started looking into the issue when big names like Shell and Chevron announced they would use Twitter as an emergency notification system.
It could be 18 months to two years before the case goes to trial. The lawsuit asks for a jury trial, lost profits and royalties, though no dollar figure is included in the suit.
"It's a very clear case," said Staples.
Twitters' lawyers have called Staples.
"I took a very pleasant phone call from them," he said.
The start of what could be a long process or a quick settlement, which would be something to tweet about.
"They're sort of trespassing on our property," said Attorney Shawn Staples.
Staples filed a lawsuit in Federal Court in Houston against Twitter. Staples represents Sugar Land based TechRadium, a company specializing in mass messaging emergency and non-emergency information to various platforms. Clients like the United States Army and school districts use TechRadium to notify a lot of people quickly.
"TechRadium spent a lot of time and years developing this technology," said Staples.
The lawsuit claims Twitter is infringing on three of six TechRadium patents -- illegally using technology and a concept from which TechRadium developed a business. Staples says TechRadium started looking into the issue when big names like Shell and Chevron announced they would use Twitter as an emergency notification system.
It could be 18 months to two years before the case goes to trial. The lawsuit asks for a jury trial, lost profits and royalties, though no dollar figure is included in the suit.
"It's a very clear case," said Staples.
Twitters' lawyers have called Staples.
"I took a very pleasant phone call from them," he said.
The start of what could be a long process or a quick settlement, which would be something to tweet about.
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