November 12, 2024
A patent trial in New York federal court ended with a settlement Tuesday, shortly after counsel for Kewazinga Corp. told jurors that the Street View feature in Google Maps infringes its patents on navigating through images, and that Google owes $22.5 million in damages.
November 01, 2023
A New York federal judge was asked to stop Google's lawyers from referencing technology used in "The Matrix" or in a "Star Trek" computer game when they defend the company's Street View program from allegations the software does things developed by a turn-of-the-millennium startup.
September 29, 2023
A New York federal judge has denied most of Google's bid for summary judgment against Kewazinga Corp.'s suit claiming that its Street View product infringes several patents, but agreed to let Google escape two claims regarding an imagery concept, finding that the suit failed to show that Street View's transition animations create imagery by using an alignment process.
February 10, 2021
A New York federal judge found that Google must face a second infringement suit from Kewazinga Corp. over its Street View technology, rejecting the tech giant's argument that a 2013 suit over the same patents bars the new case.