July 24 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) 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.
The jury found that Google's Chromecast and other devices infringe patents owned by Touchstream Technologies related to streaming videos from one screen to another, a court representative said on Monday.
According to the complaint, Google met with Touchstream about its technology in December 2011 but said it was not interested two months later.
Touchstream said that Google's Chromecast copied its innovations and infringed three of its patents.
It also said its patents were infringed by Google's Home and Nest smart speakers and third-party televisions and speakers with Chromecast capabilities.
Persons:
Jose Castaneda, Touchstream, David Strober, Blake Brittain, David Bario, Grant McCool
Organizations:
Google, Touchstream Technologies, New, Google's, Comcast, Thomson
Locations:
Waco , Texas, New York, Altice, Texas, Washington