Yahoo Inc. said it is pleased with a jury verdict that found it did not infringe a patent held by Bright Response LLC.

A U.S. District Court jury in Texas found that Yahoo and Google Inc. did not infringe Bright Response's patent covering the routing of electronic messages such as e-mail or search queries, according to court documents filed Monday.

The jury found that neither Google's AdWords nor Yahoo's sponsored search technology infringes on the patent because it was in public use before Bright Response filed for patent protection.

Source: The Associated Press