Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York v. Gen Digital Inc.

  1. October 30, 2023

    Columbia Univ.'s IP Win Grows To $600M With Fees, Interest

    Columbia University and NortonLifeLock Inc. told a Virginia federal judge Monday that the university should receive nearly $120 million in attorney fees and interest in an infringement case over anti-malware patents, bringing Columbia's total award to just over $600 million.

  2. October 23, 2023

    Latham Chastised As It 'Poured Fuel' On Quinn's Misconduct

    A Virginia federal judge's justifications for holding Quinn Emanuel attorneys in contempt and nearly tripling an infringement verdict Columbia University won against Norton have been unsealed, outlining years of "abhorrent litigation conduct," and putting Latham & Watkins attorneys in the crosshairs.

  3. October 02, 2023

    Quinn Emanuel In Contempt As Columbia Univ. IP Win Grows

    A Virginia federal judge nearly tripled the amount a jury said NortonLifeLock Inc. owes Columbia University for willfully infringing anti-malware patents, and held Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP in contempt for misconduct earlier in the litigation.

  4. December 22, 2022

    The Top Patent Damages Awards Of 2022

    Patent owners won relatively modest damages awards in their infringement battles in 2022, marking a departure from the massive verdicts and judgments handed down by juries and judges over the previous two years.

  5. July 01, 2022

    Norton Fights Columbia's Atty Award Bid After Patent Verdict

    NortonLifeLock Inc. and Columbia University filed a flurry of responses and oppositions Friday after the university won $185 million in May over two anti-malware patents, with the cybersecurity company opposing Columbia's motion for attorney fees and enhanced damages, and the university fighting Norton's bid for a new trial, among other things.

  6. June 06, 2022

    Norton Says $185M Patent Verdict Tainted By Missing Witness

    Norton said a jury's $185 million patent infringement verdict that Columbia University won against the antivirus giant was "unduly influenced" by a missing witness, while the university is seeking to triple the verdict and take Norton to task for an alleged "corporate culture of taking others' technology."

  7. May 02, 2022

    Columbia Univ. Wins $185M Patent Verdict Against Norton

    A Virginia federal jury on Monday awarded Columbia University $185 million in its long-running anti-malware patent lawsuit against NortonLifeLock Inc., after the presiding judge on Friday told the then-deadlocked panel to keep deliberating.  

  8. April 21, 2022

    Judge Dings Norton's Attys In Columbia Antivirus Patent Trial

    A Virginia federal judge slammed attorneys defending NortonLifeLock at trial in Columbia University's nearly decadelong anti-malware patent lawsuit, ruling Thursday that they used cross-examination questioning to present a jury with "speculative" testimony and "inadmissible and unreliable" evidence.

  9. April 07, 2022

    IP Forecast: Norton Fights Patent Suit, Armed With New Attys

    The company behind Norton's AntiVirus brand of malware detection software has armed itself with some new BigLaw guns to defend against a nearly decade-old patent lawsuit that claims some of that software was actually developed by professors at Columbia University. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters facing the court in the coming week.

  10. March 23, 2022

    Quinn Emanuel Dinged Repeatedly In Antivirus Patent Case

    A Virginia federal judge said she would not hold off on sending Columbia University's nearly decade-long malware patent lawsuit against NortonLifeLock to a jury.

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