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Beaming Down

By Gary Odom and Jordan Kuhn

Finisar sued DirecTV in East Texas for infringing 5,404,505, garnering from a jury a $78.9 million reasonable royalty damages award for willful infringement. The district court tacked on $25 million while denying injunctive relief. On appeal, a claim construction error vacated the verdict, as well as raising from the grave potentially invalidating prior art. Finisar v. DirecTV (CAFC 2007-1023, -1024) '505 claims TV program downloads, without request, by popularity, on a scheduled basis, u read more

Full post as published by The Patent Prospector on April 20, 2008 (boomark / email).