October 11, 2013
A California federal judge on Thursday tossed a technology company's claims that Google Inc. stole the idea for a group video chat feature in the Google Plus social networking service from its platform, finding the plaintiff failed to allege specific facts to show Google misappropriated trade secrets or breached a contract.
June 11, 2013
Google Inc. and its YouTube LLC were hit Monday with allegations in California federal court that a group video chat feature in the Google Plus social networking service was based on another technology company's idea.