CH2O Inc v. Meras Engineering Inc

  1. April 29, 2020

    Water Treatment Co.'s $12.5M Award Cut To $3M In IP Fight

    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.

  2. July 14, 2017

    Water Treatment Co.'s $12.5M IP Award Too High, Judge Says

    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.

  3. May 03, 2017

    Meras Can't Use Patent After CH2O's $12.5M IP Win

    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.

  4. March 27, 2017

    Meras Can't Stay $12.5M Patent Verdict, Rival Says

    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.

  5. March 21, 2017

    Meras Says $12.5M Verdict May Be Mooted By USPTO Move

    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.

  6. March 06, 2017

    Meras Seeks New Trial For 'Excessive' $12.5M Patent Award

    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.

  7. September 06, 2016

    Calif. Jury Awards CH2O $12.5M In Irrigation Patent Row

    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.

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