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InformationWeek > Intellectual Property > Dell Sued Over Global E-Commerce Process > November 8, 2004



Dell Sued Over Global E-Commerce Process Nov. 8, 2004



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Tiny DE Technologies takes on the E-business powerhouse with a hard-fought patent
By John Soat



Can one small company own the rights to international E-commerce? That's the question posed by a patent lawsuit filed two weeks ago against Dell, one of the most successful online retailers in the world--a question that most likely will be played out in court.
DE Technologies Inc., a privately held company, sued Dell, claiming infringement of its patent on a method for conducting global E-commerce transactions. Dell had no comment on the pending litigation.

DE Technologies filed a detailed, 100-page-plus complaint in U.S. District Court in Western Virginia on Oct. 25 that laid out its case for owning the rights to a unique process for conducting global computer-based commerce. In the complaint, DE Technologies claims its system, known as "Universal Shopping Center for International Operation" (patent No. 6,460,020), facilitates "international computer-to-computer commercial transactions by integrating certain complex functions enabling for international purchases of goods over the Internet." Those complex functions include support for foreign languages, foreign currencies, duties, tariffs, taxes, and shipping and handling costs.


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