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Intellectual Property

Apr. 18, 2013

Sasha G. Rao

Ropes & Gray LLP East Palo Alto Patent


Over the past two years, Rao led a team that successfully defended Google Inc. against allegations that its Street View service infringed four patents owned by Verderi LLC.


Verderi developed a system in 2000 that stitched together geographic and navigational data and images to create panoramas that could be stored and retrieved. The company argued that Google's Street View service mimicked its approach, but Rao was able to attain a favorable claim constructio...

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