GoDaddy Pushes Back, Vows to Appeal
GoDaddy, however, made it clear that it strongly disagrees with the jury’s finding and plans to challenge the ruling.
“We intend to vigorously fight it in the district court and on appeal, if necessary,” a GoDaddy spokesperson told Law360. “Our dedicated employees independently built our website builder from the ground up, furthering our mission of empowering entrepreneurs and making opportunity inclusive for all.”
The company maintains that no infringement occurred and insists that its technology was developed entirely in-house.
Legal Teams and Case Background
The patents at issue — U.S. Patent Nos. 6,546,397 and 7,594,168 — cover software innovations that simplify the process of building web pages using modular components, a technology that Express Mobile argues forms the backbone of many modern website builders.
Express Mobile was represented by a powerhouse legal team including Timothy Devlin of Devlin Law Firm LLC, and Jay Nuttall, Michael Dockterman, John Abramic, Katherine Tellez, Robert Kappers, Daniel Gelwicks, Candice Kwark, and Christopher Suarez of Steptoe LLP.
GoDaddy’s defense was led by Beth Moskow-Schnoll, Alan Cardenas-Moreno, Brian LaCorte, Andrea Stone, Andrew Hensley, Doyle Tuvesson, Richard Miller, and Samhitha Medatia of Ballard Spahr LLP.
