Japan's messaging app Line ordered to make compensation over patent infringement - World News
2021-05-19 13:35:27 GMT2021-05-19 21:35:27(Beijing Time) Xinhua English TOKYO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- A Japanese court on Wednesday ordered messaging app provider Line Corp. to pay about 14 million yen (128,500 U.S. dollars) to a technology company for patent infringement, local media reported. The Tokyo District Court acknowledged that the Kyoto-based Future Eye Co. has the patent of Line's feature that allows users to exchange account details by shaking their smartphones when in proximity. The court denied Line's claim that a patent for the technology should be invalidated for the featur...