The dispute of patent between Oculus VR and ZeniMax already extends from 2014, the year in which the Virtual Reality business was acquired by Facebook for 2 billion dollars.
At the time, ZeniMax accused Oculus of have resorted to technology patented by the rival producer of the software to develop your headset Virtual Reality Rift. However, the quarrel dragged on until, about three weeks, arrived at the rooms of the federal court in Texas.
The technology in question was allegedly developed by the programmer John Carmack, who left work in ZeniMax, in 2013, to join Oculus.
Even after Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, have come to testify and guarantee that the code is integrated in the Oculus Rift does not infringe any copyright owned by ZeniMax. But it seems that neither the testimony of the young multi-billionaire was enough to persuade the jury of the innocence of manufacturer of Virtual Reality technology.
the Information disclosed by the international press indicate that the verdict was tipped in favor of ZeniMax, that you should receive an indemnity of $ 500 million dollars by the hand of Facebook and Oculus.
it is said that the company injured is considering moving forward with a legal action to prevent the largest social network and its subsidiary to continue to use the code sequence in question. Is hovering in the air that you can book the future for the Virtual Reality goggles from Facebook if this will actually happen.
according to Reuters, Facebook has already expressed its dissatisfaction in the face of the decision of the court, and has already ensured that will appeal.
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