The University of California is process Facebook , alleging infringment on four patents that enable cyberspace browsers to host implant interactive software .
Facebook , along with Wal - Mart and the Walt Disney Company , were litigate in cooperation with Eolas Technologies Incorporated , a company that was plant to wait on the University of California in commercializing fundamental Web engineering , the companystates on its land site . The wooing was filed Wednesday in the District Court for the Eastern District Court of Texas .
All four patents describe a “ pass around hypermedia method acting ” for “ automatically appeal outside app providing interaction and display of implant objects within a hypermedia document .
The‘906 patentfor instance describes a “ system let a user of a web browser programme on a computer connected to an open dish out hypermedia system system to access and execute an plant program aim . ”
Another patent asserted against Facebook and the other companies is the‘985 patent , which is a continuation of the ‘ 906 patent . It allow internet site to summate fully - interactive embed app program to their services .
Both the ‘ 906 and ‘ 985 patents were used by Eolas in a sound battle against other top net ship’s company like Amazon.com and Google . In February , a Texas juryfoundthat both Eolas patents were invalid .
The other patents in the lawsuit are the‘293and‘662patents that are both related to to the first two , but were cut at a late date .
Facebook directly and indirectly infringes on all four patents by presenting vane page and cognitive content interactively in the web browser , Eolas said inthe complaint . Eolas is seek damages in a panel trial .
A Facebook representative was unable to annotate on the lawsuit .
