Verizon owes $175 million in patent infringement case, Texas jury says

Verizon owes $175 million in patent infringement case, Texas jury says

By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -A federal court in Marshall, Texas, said on Wednesday that U.S. telecom company Verizon Wireless must pay $175 million in damages for violating an inventor’s patent rights related to wireless communications technology. The jury’s decision in favor of Headwater Research comes just months after the firm secured a $278 million verdict in a separate patent dispute against Samsung over wireless technology, also in the sam…

Texas Jury Awards Texas Investor $175M in Patent Dispute with Verizon Wireless - The Texas Lawbook

The jury’s decision reached Wednesday is the second nine-digit damages verdict in three months favoring Headwater, which is led by inventor Greg Raleigh. The post Texas Jury Awards Texas Investor $175M in Patent Dispute with Verizon Wireless appeared first on The Texas Lawbook.

Patent and trademark – Infringement

Where a defendant has moved for summary judgment in a patent infringement action, the motion should be allowed because no reasonable juror could find that the defendant infringed claims 4 and 5 of the plaintiff’s patent.