"They want an injunction" to shut Ditto down, says Ms. Endress, 30 years old.
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Ditto denies infringing the patent, however Ms. Endress says she offered to settle or license the patent from 1-800 Contacts but was turned down.
"We're doing everything we can to survive this, " Ms. Endress says.
Ms. Endress, meanwhile, is unsure how lucky she will be.
While big tech companies like Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. typically grab the headlines in patent-infringement cases, Ms. Endress's situation illustrates a less visible trend: Intellectual-property claims against tech startups are rising.
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