Alphabet’s Google should pay patent holding firm Personal Audio LLC $15.1 million (almost Rs. 120 crore) for infringing two patents associated to audio software program, a Delaware federal jury mentioned in a verdict made public on Wednesday.
Personal Audio had argued that Google’s music app Google Play Music featured playlist downloading, navigation and enhancing options that violated its patent rights.
The jury additionally mentioned that Google infringed the patents willfully, which might result in a decide growing the award by as much as 3 times the decision quantity.
Google spokesperson Jose Castaneda mentioned on Wednesday that the corporate was upset with the decision and plans to attraction. He mentioned the decision considerations a “discontinued product” and wouldn’t have an effect on clients.
A spokesperson for Personal Audio’s regulation agency Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth mentioned on Wednesday that the agency was happy with the decision.
Beaumont, Texas-based Personal Audio had requested $33.1 million (almost Rs. 270 crore) in damages, in accordance with a May court docket submitting. It first sued Google in 2015 over the patents in a lawsuit that was later moved from Texas to Delaware.
The Delaware verdict got here lower than a month after a San Francisco jury ordered Google to pay Sonos $32.5 million (almost Rs. 265 crore) for patent infringement amid a sprawling mental property dispute between the businesses over smart-speaker expertise.
The case is Personal Audio LLC vs Google LLC, US District Court for the District of Delaware, No. 1:17-cv-01751.
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