The saga continues for Google's
voyeuristic mapping service, but this time Microsoft
Streetside and Aol's
MapQuest 360 View may be the Bonnie to Street View's Clyde.
Transcenic, Inc. is suing the tech giants for acquiring the tools necessary to offer 3D mapping by less-than-legitimate means. The Louisiana-based company alleges that all named parties borrowed, without permission, a bit from a patent it owns on a 3D cartography technology that captures spatial reference images and uses a database to navigate them on command. Google has been in hot water for its maps before, but it no doubt hopes this legal tiff ends as well as its one for
trespassing, where it only paid a pack of gum's worth of damages. If you're into reading all the current legalese, check out the source for the full complaint. Meanwhile, we'll find out if Cousin Vinny's on the case.
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Google, MapQuest, Microsoft and Aol sued for allegedly infringing 3D mapping patent originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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