April 29, 2020
A California federal judge has slashed water treatment company CH2O Inc.'s $12.5 million jury award against a plant nursery company in a patent infringement suit after the nursery company argued the figure should be reduced in light of a post-verdict settlement.
July 14, 2017
A California federal judge on Thursday rejected plant nursery company Houweling's bid to escape a jury's finding it intentionally infringed water treatment company CH2O's irrigation-related patent, but said the jury's $12.5 million award appears to have been excessive.
May 03, 2017
Water treatment company CH2O Inc. won an injunction Tuesday barring a rival from using its irrigation-related patent when a California federal judge ruled that, without court intervention, CH2O would continue to lose business relationships while its rival tries to undo a $12.5 million jury verdict.
March 27, 2017
Water treatment company CH20 Monday asked a California court to deny a competitor's request to stay the final judgment in their $12.5 million patent infringement trial, saying it would be unfair to force it to wait for another exam of the patent.
March 21, 2017
Meras Engineering told a California federal judge on Monday that a jury’s $12.5 million verdict against it and a large-scale greenhouse tomato grower for infringing a rival water treatment company’s patent may be about to become moot since the patent itself may be tossed.
March 06, 2017
Meras Engineering urged a California federal judge Monday to toss a jury's $12.5 million verdict against it and a large-scale greenhouse tomato grower for infringing a rival water treatment company's patent, arguing the award was excessive and not reflective of the invention's market value.
September 06, 2016
A California jury on Tuesday awarded water treatment company CH2O Inc. $12.5 million, finding that a competitor and a large-scale greenhouse tomato grower together willfully infringed its patented irrigation water system technology.