Uh Oh Google, HyperPhrase Is Back

Google may have thought they saw the last of HyperPhrase Technologies and their patent infringement suit over AdSense and AutoLink. That would be wrong.

Around this time in 2006, a US District Court Judge in Madison, Wisconsin, dismissed the Dow Jones

Google uses AutoLink in its Toolbar, and described the Reuters report cited Michael Kwun, Google's managing counsel for litigation, in a comment about the appellate court ruling AdSense did not infringe on the patents:

"We're very pleased that the Federal Circuit agreed that AdSense does not infringe any of Hyperphrase's patents. We continue to believe the remaining claims in the lawsuit are without merit, and will vigorously defend against those claims," said Kwun.

In 2006,