Profectus Technology LLC v. Google LLC

  1. December 08, 2021

    Albright Allows Google Foe To Keep Patent After Losing Trial

    Western District of Texas Judge Alan Albright has rejected Google's efforts to junk a patent covering digital picture frames, though the patent-holding company's infringement case over the tech giant's Nest brand smart-home products sank in front of a jury two months ago.

  2. October 06, 2021

    Google Didn't Infringe Digital Photo Frame Patent, Jury Says

    A Western District of Texas jury on Wednesday cleared Google LLC of allegations that two of its Nest smart-home products infringe a digital picture frame patent owned by Profectus Technology LLC and determined that the asserted claims of the patent-at-issue are invalid.

  3. October 05, 2021

    Google's Fate Over Digital Photo Frame Patent In Jury's Hands

    A company fighting to assert its intellectual property rights said two of Google LLC's Nest smart-home products infringe its digital picture frame patent, while the tech giant argued the patent isn't even valid, as the case passed into a Texas federal jury's hands Tuesday.

  4. October 04, 2021

    Google Owes Nearly $3M Over Photo Frame Patent, Jury Told

    Google "conservatively" owes nearly $3 million for its Nest smart-home products that allegedly infringe a digital picture frame patent, a Texas federal jury heard from the patent owners' damages expert as their company rested its case on Monday.

  5. October 01, 2021

    Google Infringed Digital Photo Frame Patent, Texas Jury Hears

    Google LLC's Nest smart-home products infringe a digital picture frame patent, a Texas federal jury heard Friday when the co-owner of the patent testified that he and his brother tried to get Google to license the technology before resorting to litigation.

  6. September 30, 2021

    Google Trial Over Digital Picture Frame Patent Kicks Off

    A jury trial over claims that Google's Nest smart-home products infringe a digital picture frame patent got underway Thursday before U.S. District Judge Alan Albright in Texas, with one of the patent's owners testifying he came up with the idea in 1999 as an easy way to share photos.

  7. September 23, 2021

    IP Forecast: Taylor Swift Seeks To Shake Off Copyright Case

    Taylor Swift's lawyers will argue next week in a California federal court that lyrics from her 2014 hit "Shake It Off" about "players" and "haters" are well within the public domain and don't rip off an R&B song from 2001. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.

  8. August 25, 2021

    Google Nest IP Suit To Stay In WDTX, Albright Rules

    Western District of Texas Judge Alan Albright on Wednesday refused to let Google transfer a patent lawsuit over its Nest smart-home unit to California ahead of an October trial, despite arguments that forcing Google engineers to take connecting flights to West Texas was "highly inconvenient."

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