According to Reuters reports, after a jury discussion, the court ruled on July 21, found that Google’s Chromecast device was patent infringement, requiring Google to compensate the software developer 338.7 million U.S. dollars (currently about 2.435 billion).
A court spokesman said on Monday that after a jury deliberated, Google’s Chromecast and other devices infringed on screen-throwing patents held by Touchstream Technologies.
Touchstream filed the lawsuit in 2021, claiming that its founder, David Strober, invented the video technology in 2010 that allows compact devices like smartphones to cast a screen onto a larger screen like a TV.
Google discussed its technology with Touchstream in December 2011; in February 2012, Google said it wasn’t interested; and in 2013, Google launched its Chromecast devices, the suit says.
Touchstream claims that Google’s Chromecast infringes three patents by replicating its technological advances. The company further stated that Google’s Home and Nest smart speakers, as well as third-party TVs and speakers equipped with Chromecast capabilities, also infringe on their patents.
In response, Google refuted any infringement of Touchstream’s intellectual property and argued that the patents were invalid.
Google’s representative, Jose Castaneda, said that the company “has always developed technology independently and competed on the basis of its own creativity.” Castaneda said that Google plans to appeal the decision.
