It depends. The article suggests the plaintiff may not have properly protected his intellectual property ahead of time. It may be very hard to get a court to side against Google if what Google did was technically legal.
Evil and illegal are two different things, and sadly, they quite often do not align.
IANAL, but: Is that the reason behind the racketeering charge?
They've developed a method of systematic theft of IP, which, though technically legal as an isolated incident, shows malicious intent when strung together.
Is that enough to satisfy the charge, or are they still protected?
If the facts bear out, even if what Google allegedly did was legal, it's going to be a terrible thing for Google. No one with any interesting tech will ever want to share info ever again.
Evil and illegal are two different things, and sadly, they quite often do not align.