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Google owes $338.7 mln in Chromecast patent case, US jury says (www.reuters.com)
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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.

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[–] FantasticFox 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I agree on those examples. They should be able to patent their particular implementation - like maybe it took a lot of R&D to work out how to get server response times fast enough for one-click to work, or to get loading times fast enough to have a mini-game in the loading screen etc.

But they shouldn't be able to patent the entire concept. That's ridiculous.

[–] nivenkos 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You copyright implementations though, not patent them - that is what software copyright is.

[–] FantasticFox 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I guess it depends if the copyright is broad enough to offer protection while not becoming too broad and stopping innovation.