Federal Judiciary

Patent verdict in Agere v. Sony in Marshall

By Michael Smith

Well, one of the two Marshall cases is now done.  This afternoon the Marshall jury in Judge Everingham's court rendered a plaintiff's verdict in Agere v. Sony, 2:96cv79.  The jury found that the accused Mylo personal communicator and Network Walkman audio players infringed the asserted claim of the patent in suit.  The jury also found that Sony induced infringement with respect to the two above products and the PlayStation Portable, and that such infringement was willful.  Reasonable royalty damages are $18.5 million.

Full post as published by Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice on November 17, 2008 (boomark / email).