August 27, 2021
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap has turned down Google's efforts to throw out malware protection patents after a jury in 2017 found that the tech giant infringed them and should pay $20 million, concluding that some of Google's invalidity arguments were contradictory.
March 30, 2018
A Texas federal judge on Thursday partially granted Google's bid for a new trial in a $20 million patent infringement suit against the tech giant over malware protection technology, agreeing that one question regarding invalidity of the patent was wrongly submitted to the jury, but otherwise upheld the jury's verdict.
September 12, 2017
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday picked Google's suggested ongoing royalty for using patented malware-protection technology after a jury awarded the inventor $20 million, rejecting the inventor's bid for a royalty several times higher than the rate implied by the jury verdict.
May 02, 2017
An inventor who recently won a $20 million patent infringement verdict against Google urged a Texas federal court on Friday to reject Google's motion for a retrial, saying it was entirely appropriate for the jury to review certain issues.
April 10, 2017
Google asked a Texas federal judge on Friday to undo a $20 million patent infringement trial loss and grant a retrial, saying the jury was tasked with deciding legal questions that should never have been its province.
February 10, 2017
A Texas federal jury awarded an inventor and the family of his late partner $20 million in damages Friday, after finding Google had infringed on three of their patents for malware protection software.
January 09, 2017
A magistrate judge in Texas' Eastern District on Monday recommended denying Google Inc.'s bid to toss a patent infringement suit over malware protection software, saying disputed issues of fact exist regarding the tech giant's arguments of invalidity and non-infringement.
December 02, 2014
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday threw out an inventor's case accusing Google Inc. of infringing several patents on technology he and his partner created for protecting computers from malware, accepting the plaintiffs' concession that they couldn't win on the court's interpretation of the patents.
February 06, 2013
A Texas inventor and the daughters of his late partner sued Google Inc. on Tuesday in Texas federal court, arguing that the search engine giant's Chrome products are infringing their patents for protecting computer systems from malware.