Seattle - RealNetworks announced on Wednesday that it has won a patent infringement lawsuit brought against the company by San Francisco-based Friskit, over technology that lets users easily search for and listen to streaming media.

Judge William W. Schwarzer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted RealNetworks' motion for summary judgment on July 26, stating in his ruling that, "all of the individual features of Friskit's patents which allow the user to easily search for and listen to streaming media existed in the prior art."

Friskit, a technology licensing company whose patents all relate to streaming media search and playback, had sought $70 million in damages from RealNetworks.

"We are very pleased with the results of today's ruling," said Robert Kimball, senior vice president and general counsel for RealNetworks.

"Since the legal dispute between the parties commenced over four years ago, Real has vigorously denied Friskit's patent claims and defended our position that we do not infringe its patents.

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