Patent troll sues Google, AOL over search 'snippets' and ad serving tech

WindyWonka writes: Google and AOL were sued for patent infringement Thursday, accused of violating two former British Telecom patents via Google's search ‘snippets' and by Google AdSense and Advertising.com ad serving technology. Incredibly, the lawsuit by apparent patent troll Suffolk Technologies asserts that every Google search result ‘snippet’ display violates one patent, and that another really broad server patent is violated every time Google and AOL serve up ads.