• by April 5, 2002

Overture Services, Inc., the provider of Pay-For-Performance search to websites across the Internet, today announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Google Inc. in the United States Federal District Court in Los Angeles.

The lawsuit charges Google with infringement of Overture's U.S. Patent No. 6,269,361. The patent protects various features and innovations relating to bid-for-placement products and Overture's Pay-For-Performance search technologies including its DirecTraffic Center account management system and tools.

According to the announcement, since the company's inception, Overture has devoted thousands of combined hours of research and development and tens of millions of dollars to develop its search technologies and innovative systems. Overture owns two patents and has several patents pending relating to its core technologies and inventions. The company intends to enforce its intellectual property rights against those who use its patented inventions without authorization.

Google was not availble for comment at press time.