LendingTree, LLC, a subsidiary
of Tree.com, Inc. TREE and QuinStreet, Inc. QNST have
settled on mutually agreeable terms the patent infringement lawsuit brought by
LendingTree against QuinStreet concerning LendingTree's patent that relates
generally to coordinating loans over the Internet, and the counterclaims
brought by QuinStreet against LendingTree. LendingTree and QuinStreet have
executed a license for the patent and related patents of LendingTree, and
QuinStreet has agreed not to continue to challenge the validity of
LendingTree's patent. The terms of the license and other provisions of the
parties' settlement are confidential. Doug Lebda, chairman & CEO of Tree.com,
stated, "QuinStreet is the third major company with whom LendingTree has
reached licensing terms on these patents. We anticipate that the trial
against the remaining defendants, Zillow, Adchemy, and Nextag, will take place
in early 2014."
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