Digital Envoy Sues Google Over Local Search Technology

Digital Envoy Inc. sued Google Inc. for misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair business practices, accusing the Mountain View, Calif.-based search provider of improperly using a technology designed to deliver search results to users based on their location. Timothy Kratz, a lawyer for Norcross, Ga.-based Digital Envoy, said its licensing deal allowed Google to use the "geographically targeted" technology only for regular search results on its own website.