Google Faces Patent Infringement Lawsuit Over Google Talk

Post from the Search Engine Watch Blog about Google being sued for patent infringement over the VoIP portion of the Google Talk program.

Rates Technology says that two patents they hold (awarded in 1995, 2001) for minimizing the cost of long distance calls using the Internet are being infringed upon by Google Talk. Copies of these two patents along with one more mentioned in the filing are included in the complaint.