Chicago Tribune sued for patent infringement over feature in job listings

A Virginia advertising company has sued the Chicago Tribune, claiming that a feature of the newspaper's new job listings service infringes on a patent it has held for nearly a decade.

Internet Media Corp filed its complaint Tuesday in US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. At issue is the Chicago Tribune's CareerBuilder QuickFind service, which launched on Jan. 22. QuickFind links detailed, online job listings to a shortened numeric code that is published in the Chicago Tribune's jobs listings. Internet Media Corp. claims Tribune's QuickFind copies its JumpCode product, which allows companies to substitute a short numeric code for a lengthy URL.