Google to pay damages for 'patent infringement'

In a federal court in the United States, Google was ordered to pay $338.7 million in damages for violating a software developer's patent rights. In federal court in Waco, Texas, a jury ruled that Google should pay $338.7 million in damages for violating a software developer's patent rights. A Google spokesperson stated that the company would appeal the decision and argued that Google had always developed the technology independently. According to the 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 approached Touchstream about its technology in December 2011, but said it was not interested two months later. Google launched its Chromecast media streaming devices in 2013. Touchstream had claimed that Google's Chromecast copied its innovations and infringed on three of its patents. Google denied that Touchstream had violated its rights and argued that the patents were invalid.