NetRatings Pursues Four More over Patents

Online audience specialist NetRatings has expanded its patent enforcement program with the filing of lawsuits against four companies, including WebTrends, Inc., alleging infringement of patents it owns or controls.

NetRatings has filed complaints in federal courts in the District of Oregon against WebTrends, Inc., the District of Minnesota, Fourth Division, against Digital River, Inc. and its subsidiary, Fireclick, Inc.; and the Southern District of New York against TACODA, Inc. The company's patent portfolio relates generally to the collection, analysis and reporting of information concerning Internet and/or computer usage and activity and includes US Patent Nos. 5,675,510; 5,796,952; 6,108,637; 6,115,680; 6,138,155; 6,643,696 and 6,763,386.

The program has already seen NetRatings enter into licensing agreements with Omniture, Inc., Coremetrics, Inc., SageMetrics Corp., Unica Corp., and Visual Sciences. Patent infringement suits are also pending against WebSideStory, Inc., WhenU.com, Inc., and 180solutions, Inc. See DRNO ... for further details.

NetRatings solutions are marketed globally under the Nielsen//NetRatings brand. The firm is online at www.nielsennetratings.com .

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