February 03, 2017
Adrea LLC asked a New York federal court Thursday for additional damages from Barnes & Noble for patent violation, saying the $266,832 awarded doesn't account for some sales of the bookseller's infringing Nook e-reader.
January 04, 2017
A New York federal judge on Tuesday ordered Barnes & Noble Inc. to pay $266,832 in damages for infringing an Adrea LLC patent with its Nook e-reader, after determining an acceptable royalty rate based on the number of e-readers sold and other factors.
August 29, 2016
Barnes & Noble on Friday asked U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff to limit e-book infringement damages to just over $100,000, saying that Adrea LLC's economic analysis was faulty and that a two-cent royalty rate was proper.
February 24, 2016
A New York federal judge on Wednesday refused to overturn part of a jury's finding that Barnes & Noble infringed two e-book technology patents by Adrea but ordered a limited new trial to determine damages after a post-trial ruling invalidated part of one of the patents under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice decision.
July 24, 2015
U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff ruled Thursday that part of an e-book patent owned by Adrea LLC is invalid under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice ruling for claiming only abstract ideas, potentially impacting a $1.3 million infringement verdict against Barnes & Noble Inc.
November 04, 2014
A New York federal jury has awarded Adrea LLC $1.3 million for Barnes & Nobles Inc.'s infringement of two e-book technology patents, finding the booksellers' Nook e-readers infringed patents covering digital rentals and a system for retrieving information about the devices.