From PC World: Google and YouTube have been sued in Germany for allegedly infringing on a video streaming patent owned by U.S. software company Max Sound. The case could lead to sales bans on several Google Android products.
Max Sound alleges that Google and YouTube infringe on a patent which describes technology for efficient transport of digital content. All products on the market that use the H.264 video compression format infringe on that patent, Max Sound claimed.
The case was filed with the District Court of Mannheim, Germany, in early December and targets Google’s Android operating system which is used on many phones and tablets. The complaint is aimed in particular at the Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 smartphones as well as the Nexus 9 tablet, the Chromebook laptop and the Chromecast, a Wi-Fi device that allows users to stream video to HDMI TVs.
The suit also targets Google’s video service YouTube which uses H.264 and also VP8, a codec now owned by Google. Max Sound requested information about profits and damages for each video streamed to Germany in one of the formats, it said.
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