Soverain Software v. Newegg, No. 11-1009 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 22, 2013)

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Soverain Software LLC brought this patent i n- fringement suit against Newegg Inc. for infringement of specified claims of United States Patent No. 5,715,314 (“the ’314 patent”), its continuation Patent No. 5,909,492 (“the ’492 patent”), and Patent No. 7,272,639 (“the ’639 patent”). The patents relate to electronic commerce, wherein a merchant’s products are offered and purchased online, through computers interconnected by a network.