Alphabet’s Google violated a software program developer’s patent rights with its remote-streaming know-how and should pay $338.7 million 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 Applied sciences associated to streaming movies from one display to a different.
Google spokesperson Jose Castaneda mentioned on Monday that the corporate will enchantment the decision and has “at all times developed know-how independently and competed on the deserves of our concepts.”
Touchstream legal professional Ryan Dykal mentioned on Monday that Touchstream was happy with the decision.
New York-based Touchstream, which additionally does enterprise as Shodogg, mentioned in its 2021 lawsuit that founder David Strober invented know-how in 2010 to “transfer” movies from a small gadget like a smartphone to a bigger gadget like a tv.
In line with the grievance,Google met with Touchstream about its know-how 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 Dwelling 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 comparable complaints in opposition to cable suppliers Comcast, Constitution and Altice in Texas earlier this yr. These instances are nonetheless pending.
