Yahoo Infringed Web Links Patent Suit, $15 Million Owed: Jury

Droplets Inc. is owed $15 million because Yahoo! Inc.’s Search Suggest feature infringes one of the company’s patents, a California federal jury found.

Search Suggest offers suggestions when people type words into the Yahoo search bar. The jury decided Tuesday other Yahoo products, including Yahoo’s Search History feature, Yahoo Mail, and Yahoo Maps didn’t infringe Droplet’s U.S. Patent No. 6,687,745, covering a system for delivering interactive links.

Texas-based Droplets filed the…