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You personally may not have heard of Soverain Software, but the company is well-known to many online retailers. While Soverain owns several patents, they’re not a legitimate company, but rather a patent troll. They’ve been suing online retailers left and right for the past few years, claiming that their patent entitles them to 1% of every shopping cart transaction on the internet, but computer parts retailer Newegg.com finally took them down.

Soverain actually ended up suing Newegg for $2.5 million in 2010, and won. They also sued Amazon in 2005 and walked away with $40 million. However, unlike other online retailers, Newegg wanted to fight until the death. Instead of taking the safe road financially and settling with Soverain, Newegg decided to take down the retail patent troll for good.

Newegg ended up getting the 2010 court case overturned, thus invalidating all other lawsuits handed out by Soverain, effectively ending their reign on online shopping patent trolling. Newegg’s Chief Legal Officer Lee Cheng says that the attitudes of the court officials had a lot to do with Newegg’s win, when they finally decided that enough was enough and gave Soverain what it deserved.

Chong says that this isn’t the first time that the company has been hit with bogus lawsuits, saying that companies “claim to own the drop-down menu, or a search box, or Web navigation.” Chong also said that one of the reasons that Newegg was able to fight back so relentlessly was that the company is majority-controlled and had a bit more freedom to fight as opposed to other online retailers.

[via Ars Technica]

Newegg takes down infamous shopping cart patent troll is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Who doesn’t want to smell like they’re in the middle of cooking dinner at any time? These food-scented perfumes and colognes are seriously weird and a bit disgusting.

Tesla Motors is making waves, and the company is looking to have a big year during 2013. They already have over 20 stores in North America, with more than 30 located overseas. 13 of them were opened up in 2012 alone, but the company plans to open up even more this year. Tesla confirmed at the North American International Auto Show this week that they plan on opening 25 stores in 2013.

Vice president of sales for Tesla, George Blankenship, confirmed plans for 25 new retail locations opening throughout 2013, with half of them opening up outside the US. One of those stores will include the company’s first location in China, which is due to open sometime in the spring, so just a few months from now.

The company also stated that they’re still committed to blanketing the US with Supercharger charging stations for Tesla vehicles. Only eight of them are fully operational now, and most of them are on the west coast, but Tesla plans to also cover the east cost in the coming years. They also plan to eventually open up charging stations in the middle of the US, as well, which will allow Tesla owners to drive across the US without using a drop of gas or spending any money, since using the chargers will be free for Tesla vehicle owners.

Tesla announced back in November that they expect its Supercharger network to cover the entire United States by the end of 2013. We’re not sure exactly how many charging stations they plan to have opened in order to consider it the “entire United States”, but we’re guessing it means you’ll be able to drive anywhere without running out of juice.

[via Engadget]

Tesla to open 25 new stores in 2013 is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 – 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.

Is your baby getting lazy – just lying around eating and sleeping all day? Sure, he’s only a few months old, but the constant freeloading can get on your nerves after a while. The baby mop transforms your adorable (but rather inefficient) little bundle into a valuable cleaning tool.

We know your pockets are probably filled with millions of dollars at all times, but there are some people out there who enjoy getting a good deal when they purchase goods or services. There’s nothing like getting something that’s worth, let’s say, $10 dollars, to then have it cut in half to $5 just because of a coupon. But the one pain people have with coupons is actually remembering to use them when the time comes to present it at checkout. Google is launching a new service that will make using coupons an easy and painless ordeal.

Google’s new coupon-focused service is called Zavers and it allows shoppers to use their coupons without needing to remember them at checkout. Shoppers will find manufacturer discounts on a retailer’s website and then save it into their account. Then when they shop for the product, the coupon will automatically be applied at checkout, as long as the shopper provides their rewards card or phone number.

For those who prefer in-store experiences, Zavers has been integrated with Google Wallet. Google Wallet users will just tap their phone at checkout, and, once again, the coupon is applied to the purchase. As of now, it seems Google Wallet integration is the only way to use Zavers in-store, although we’re hoping Google will consider supporting other methods.

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