Alphabet's Google violated a software developer's patent rights with its remote-streaming technology and must pay $338.7 million in damages, a federal jury in Waco, Texas decided on Friday.

Google owes $338.7 mln in Chromecast patent case, US jury says::Alphabet’s Google violated a software developer’s patent rights with its remote-streaming technology and must pay $338.7 million in damages, a federal jury in Waco, Texas decided on Friday.

  • anlumo@feddit.deEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Yes, 10 years of copyright protection would be plenty enough for software. After 10 years your code is legacy anyways, and it’d help with preserving old software like classic games.