Musk’s X Owes VidStream $105 Million for Patent Infringement (1)

X Corp. owes VidStream LLC $105 million for infringing content creation and distribution systems through its social media platforms including X, formerly known as Twitter.

A jury in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas found Wednesday that X willfully infringed one claim of US Patent No. 8,464,304. However, the jury determined X didn’t infringe US Patent No. 8,601,506.

VidStream alleged the X, Periscope and Vine apps infringed the patents. Youtoo Technologies LLC, the original patent owner, sued X (then Twitter) in March 2016, alleging infringement of the ‘304 and ‘506 patents and US Patent No. ...