Marathon Patent's Unit Sampo Files Patent Lawsuit Against Twitter, Tibco

(RTTNews) - Marathon Patent Group Inc (MARA) said Tuesday its subsidiary Sampo IP Inc has filed a patent infrigement lawsuit against Twitter Inc (TWTR) and Tibco Software Inc (TIBX) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Sampo is asserting infringement related to U.S. Patent numbers 6,772,229 and 6,161,149, each entitled Centrifugal Communication and Collaboration Method.

The lawsuit alleges that the Defendants have infringed the claims of patents in suit by using the accused communications systems and methods covered by the claims of the asserted patents.