<story><title>Meta ordered to pay $175M for infringing on two patents held by Voxer Inc</title><url>https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2022/09/28/meta-ordered-to-pay-175m-after-copying-green-beret-veterans-tech/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>SeanLuke</author><text>Meta paying $175M would produce much needed schadenfreude.&lt;p&gt;However it&amp;#x27;s worth mentioning that this case appeared before the notoriously patent-troll-friendly Judge Alan D. Albright.  The man actually openly encouraged patent owners to appear before him, and senators have asked the Supreme Court to reprimand him (the Chief Justice has since criticized him).  The Albright situation is so bad that the Western District recently had to introduce a forced case randomization in order to keep plaintiffs from shopping for him.  I&amp;#x27;d say the chance this was overturned on appeal would be high.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;law.justia.com&amp;#x2F;cases&amp;#x2F;federal&amp;#x2F;district-courts&amp;#x2F;texas&amp;#x2F;txwdce&amp;#x2F;1:2020cv00655&amp;#x2F;1099537&amp;#x2F;54&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;law.justia.com&amp;#x2F;cases&amp;#x2F;federal&amp;#x2F;district-courts&amp;#x2F;texas&amp;#x2F;t...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Meta ordered to pay $175M for infringing on two patents held by Voxer Inc</title><url>https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2022/09/28/meta-ordered-to-pay-175m-after-copying-green-beret-veterans-tech/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>whimsicalism</author><text>Seems unlikely to me that Facebook Live based their development on this Walkie Talkie app and reading the complaint [0] many of the patents seem excessively broad. Both streaming and storing a live video transmission can be patented?&lt;p&gt;I suspect that military veterans get extra deference by Texas juries.&lt;p&gt;[0]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ia801906.us.archive.org&amp;#x2F;16&amp;#x2F;items&amp;#x2F;gov.uscourts.txwd.1099537&amp;#x2F;gov.uscourts.txwd.1099537.1.0.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ia801906.us.archive.org&amp;#x2F;16&amp;#x2F;items&amp;#x2F;gov.uscourts.txwd.1...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>