The Federal Circuit overturned a nearly $14 million infringement verdict against three LED manufacturers on Wednesday, finding that the claim in Boston University’s patent that they allegedly infringed describes something physically impossible, making it ineligible for patent protection. The claimatissue in U.S. Patent Number 5,686,738, which covers a certain way […]
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A Texas federal jury awarded an inventor and the family of his late partner $20 million in damages Friday, after finding Google had infringed on three of their patents for malware protection software. After a four-day trial, the jury found Google had infringed on all three patents at issue in […]
Chief Judge Patti B. Saris, who presided over the November 2015 jury trial in Trustees of Boston University v. Epistar, Everlight and Lite-On, GRANTED VBL clients Epistar and Everlight’s motion for New Trial, in part, ruling that the highest amount of patent infringement damages supported by the evidence was $1M […]
HOUSTON – An LED packaging company accused of infringing on patents believes U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap misinterpreted language in the patents and aspects of the product design. In the case of Nichia Corp. v. Everlight Americas Inc. et al., the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas […]
– An LED packaging company told the Federal Circuit on Friday that U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap erred in upholding the validity of three patents it was accused of infringing, saying the court misinterpreted language in the patents and aspects of product design. Everlight Electronics Co. Ltd. argued in a […]