CantSt0pPoppin, 10 months ago submission statement: Google has been ordered to pay $338.7 million in damages for patent infringement related to its Chromecast streaming devices. The patents in question relate to “a system for presenting and controlling content on a display device.” Touchstream Technologies, Inc., the patent holder, claims that Google met with them in 2011 to discuss a partnership, but Google was not interested. The first generation Chromecast was released in 2013, and the latest Chromecast with Google TV was launched in 2022. The jury’s decision is not final, as Google has said that it intends to appeal.
submission statement:
Google has been ordered to pay $338.7 million in damages for patent infringement related to its Chromecast streaming devices.
The patents in question relate to “a system for presenting and controlling content on a display device.”
Touchstream Technologies, Inc., the patent holder, claims that Google met with them in 2011 to discuss a partnership, but Google was not interested.
The first generation Chromecast was released in 2013, and the latest Chromecast with Google TV was launched in 2022.
The jury’s decision is not final, as Google has said that it intends to appeal.