maria luz calibo
Sep 17, 2011
Former Lycos Search Patents Used in Holding Company's Infringement Suit Against Google and Partners
Back in the 1990s, when dial-up modems still reigned and the Internet bubble had just begun to inflate, we regularly used Lycos to look for GeoCities pages about comic books, X-Files and Star Wars. Lycos still exists today, but it lost any claim to search engine supremacy long ago. Until recently, however, Lycos still had a couple of Internet search-related patents that a group of investors believes could be very valuable.