Twitter Hit With Patent Suit By EveryMD.com

EveryMD.com, a website allowing patients to contact doctors without their own email address, has accused Twitter's tweet and direct message features of infringing two patents covering computer server-created email boxes, member pages and the sharing of online messages.

Twitter Hit With Patent Suit From Doctor Contact Site - Law360
Twitter was hit with a patent infringement suit in California federal court Friday from the operators of a medical website, who accuse the tech giant of copying their method of sending messages over the Internet.