Federal Judiciary

Patent Verdict Cut by 2/3 Postverdict

By Michael C. Smith

Hearing Components, Inc v. Shure, Inc (9-07-cv-00104) (E.D. Tex. March 6, 2009)
Judge Clark.
The jury in this case returned a verdict for the plaintiff and awarded damages of $4.622 million on January 21 in Judge Clark's court. Defendant Shure filed a motion for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) of noninfringement, and Judge Clark granted it, in part, finding that the evidence was legally insufficient to support a finding that Shure?s straight nozzle products infringe the asserted claims of the patents-in-suit. Accordingly, he struck the portion of the jury verdict awarding damages for infringement by Shure?s straight nozzle products, which totalled $3,230,635.00. The remainder of the jury verdict, $1,392,364.00 for infringement by Shure?s barbed nozzle products, stood.

Full post as published by Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice on March 10, 2009 (boomark / email).