Google to Pay 8.7 Million Over Chromecast Patent Case, Rules US Jury

Alphabet’s Google violated a software program developer’s patent rights with its remote-streaming expertise and should pay $338.7 million (almost Rs. 2,770 crore) in damages, a federal jury in Waco, Texas selected Friday.

The jury discovered that Google’s Chromecast and different gadgets infringe patents owned by Touchstream Technologies associated to streaming movies from one display to a different, a courtroom consultant mentioned on Monday.

Google spokesperson Jose Castaneda mentioned on Monday that the corporate will enchantment the decision and has “always developed technology independently and competed on the merits of our ideas.”

Attorneys for New York-based Touchstream didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Monday.

Touchstream, which additionally does enterprise as Shodogg, mentioned in its 2021 lawsuit that founder David Strober invented expertise in 2010 to “move” movies from a small machine like a smartphone to a bigger machine like a tv.

According to the grievance, Google met with Touchstream about its expertise in December 2011 however mentioned it was not two months later. Google launched its Chromecast media-streaming gadgets in 2013.

Touchstream mentioned that Google’s Chromecast copied its improvements and infringed three of its patents. It additionally mentioned its patents have been infringed by Google’s Home and Nest good audio system and third-party televisions and audio system with Chromecast capabilities.

Google denied infringing Touchstream’s rights and argued that the patents are invalid.

Touchstream filed related complaints in opposition to cable suppliers Comcast, Charter and Altice in Texas earlier this yr. Those circumstances are nonetheless pending.

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