Advance Auto Parts Faces Patent Suit for Website Server Systems

Advance Auto Parts Inc.‘s website allegedly infringes three of S3G Technology LLC’s patents for an update server machine.

S3G sued AAP in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging the automotive part retailer infringed S3G’s exclusive right to commercialize its patented method for modifying terminal and service provider machines spread across a network through the use of an update server machine.

S3G seeks, among other things, damages and an injunction to block APP’s continued infringing use of the technology.

The patents at issue in the suit—US Patent Nos. 9,081,897; 9,940,124; and 10,261,774—streamline the ...