Be In Inc. contends that Google copied the idea for “Hangouts”, a central feature of its social media site Google+, after a 2011 meeting where Be In executives pitched their concept for CamUp — a “social entertainment consumption platform that allows friends to simultaneously watch, listen, chat and collaborate” in a virtual room.
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose dismissed the suit Wednesday with leave to amend some claims, finding Be In had not detailed how information shared at the pitch was then used to launch Hangouts two months later.
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