In the United States, a federal court ordered Google to pay $338.7 million in damages for violating a software developer’s patent rights.
A jury in federal court in Waco, Texas, ruled that Google should pay $338.7 million in damages, citing a software developer’s infringement of patent rights.
In his assessment of the subject, a Google spokesperson argued that the company will appeal the decision, arguing that Google has always developed the technology independently.
According to a lawsuit filed by New York-based Touchstream in 2021, the company’s founder, David Strober, invented the technology in 2010 to “move” videos from a small device like a smartphone to a larger device like a television.
Google spoke to Touchstream about its technology in December 2011, but two months later said it wasn’t interested. Google launched Chromecast media streaming devices in 2013.
Touchstream claimed that Google’s Chromecast copied its innovations and infringed on three of its patents. Google, on the other hand, denied that Touchstream violated its rights, arguing that the patents were invalid.