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Mar 1, 2012 | 9:18 am

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Patent Lawsuits

Quote:

Originally Posted by markzz2

Why do Marriott keep changing the site, without actually improving anything.

Every time they change it, it becomes more click intensive and less user friendly.

My guess is that they are changing their site in response to patent infringement lawsuits filed against them. Here's one:

Press release (posted on Marketwatch dot com)
MacroSolve Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Marriott
Feb. 28, 2012, 11:00 a.m. EST

A short quote:

[Patent Troll] today announced it has filed a patent infringement suit against Marriott International, Inc. for violation of [Patent Troll's] U.S. Patent No. 7,822,816 (US Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Full Text and Image Database). [Patent Troll] has previously announced filing patent infringement suits against other hotel and travel industry companies including Hyatt, Hotels.com, Travelocity.com, and Priceline.com.