Patent Dispute Became The Subject Of Netflix Series

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The new Netflix series “The Billion Dollar Code” focuses on a real-life patent dispute. The 4-part mini series deals with the alleged patent infringement by Google Earth of code belonging to software called TerraVision. It is known that there is a 3D mapping software developed in Berlin in 1993 by the German company ART + COM as “a networked virtual representation of the World based on satellite imagery, aerial shots, altitude data and architectural data”. ART + COM sued Google in 2014, alleging that Google Earth infringed TerraVision’s patent rights. Terravision lost in May 2016 when the United States district court jury ruled in favor of Google, and in October 2017 the court upheld that decision, invalidating the patent.