Intuit’s TurboTax, QuickBooks Could Be Pulled Via Patent Suit

Intuit Inc. is facing a bid by a private visual communications company looking to block U.S. sales of its TurboTax Online, QuickBooks Online, TurboTax Live, QuickBooks Live, and Smartlook products in the thick of tax season, according to a patent-infringement lawsuit in California federal court.

Samesurf Inc., which launched its co-browsing platform in 2011, alleges that Intuit used its purported courtship of the Los Angeles firm in 2015 to learn its methods, copy its ideas and infringe three of its patents for the technology, according to a 79-page complaint filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern ...