Google LLC and YouTube LLC secured a judge’s order tossing a patent infringement lawsuit alleging their short-form video features make unauthorized use of a software company’s editing technology.
ART Research and Technology LLC’s claims are over abstract ideas that can’t be patented, US District Court for the Northern District of California Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín said in a Monday order, granting Google and YouTube’s motion to dismiss.
The company sued in August 2024, alleging the social media giants ripped off its short-form video tools for assembling pieces of pre-existing and original content on an online platform, or sharing excerpts of published ...
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