Google owes $338.7 mln in Chromecast patent case, US jury says
Google owes $338.7 mln in Chromecast patent case, US jury says

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Google owes $338.7 mln in Chromecast patent case, US jury says

Google owes $338.7 mln in Chromecast patent case, US jury says
Google owes $338.7 mln in Chromecast patent case, US jury says
Bull. Good for them, glad the small guy won out, hopefully it doesn't get overturned on appeals. Google/Microsoft/Amazon/Apple have always stolen IP once they got big enough, usually with the hopes of either A) buying the little guy out or B) running them out of business. Glad the little guy one out for once.
Google doesn't need me to defend them, but the patents in question seem really generic and obvious...
Play control of content on a display device
Play control of content on a display device
Play control of content on a display device
All filed in 2011.
Patent trolls aren't the little guy, nor are they a good thing for the little guys out there.
Google will appeal so they haven't won yet. The next jury might believe them to be patent trolls. Who knows.