Elbit Systems Land and C4I Ltd. et al v. Hughes Network Systems, LLC et al

  1. September 18, 2019

    Texas Court Rejects $14M Fee Bid After $21M IP Verdict

    A Texas federal judge said Wednesday that both sides were off-base in a fight over attorney fees after a jury found an EchoStar Corp. unit liable for $21 million for infringing on a defense contractor's satellite network patent.

  2. April 24, 2018

    Israeli Defense Co. Tacks $5.8M More Onto $21M IP Verdict

    A Texas federal judge has refused to upend a $21.1 million jury verdict handed down after a satellite internet service provider was found to have infringed upon an Israeli defense contractor's patent, instead tacking some $5.8 million onto the bill for royalties that accumulated before and after the trial.

  3. August 08, 2017

    Texas Jury Awards $21.1M To Broadband Patent Owner

    A Texas federal jury has awarded a defense contractor $21.1 million in damages after determining that Hughes Network Systems LLC infringed one of two of its broadband patents used at offshore drilling sites.

  4. July 25, 2017

    Fed. Circ. Denies Hughes' Bid To Move Patent Suit From EDTX

    The Federal Circuit on Monday denied a bid from Hughes Network Systems LLC to transfer a patent suit out of the Eastern District of Texas but hinted it might not agree with the growing consensus among district courts that the U.S. Supreme Court's TC Heartland decision was not a change in the law.

  5. June 22, 2017

    Hughes Can't Transfer Patent Suit Under TC Heartland

    A Texas federal judge refused a satellite broadband technology company's request to transfer a patent infringement suit against it out of the Eastern District of Texas in spite of the U.S. Supreme Court's TC Heartland decision last month, arguing that it had waived its right to seek transfer by failing to do so earlier.

  6. March 31, 2016

    Broadband Co. Must Face Defense Contractor's Patent Suit

    A Texas federal judge kept intact on Wednesday an Israeli defense contractor's patent infringement lawsuit against Hughes Network Systems LLC, rejecting Hughes' arguments that the court lacked jurisdiction over offshore drilling sites central to the dispute over broadband technology.

  7. February 03, 2016

    Bankrupt Co.'s New Lawyers Mum In Patent Suit, Elbit Says

    An Israeli defense contractor said Tuesday that a bankrupt oil company for which Hughes Network Systems installed an allegedly infringing network has stopped responding to its messages, but it told a Texas federal court it would keep seeking the company's documents as it continues its patent suit against Hughes.

  8. January 05, 2016

    Defense Contractor Blasts Hughes' Bid To Stay Patent Suit

    An Israeli defense contractor suing Hughes Network Systems LLC for patent infringement asked a Texas federal judge Monday to deny a request from Hughes for a pause in the suit, saying a suspension of the suit would hurt the Israeli company and would not significantly simplify the dispute.

  9. April 24, 2015

    Elbit Again Says Hughes' USPTO Filings Show Willfulness

    Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems Ltd. urged a Texas federal court Thursday to keep alive its willful infringement claims against Hughes Network Systems LLC, reiterating its argument that Hughes' references to its patent in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filings show Hughes was aware of its infringement.

  10. April 02, 2015

    Defense Contractor Blasts Hughes' Dismissal Bid In IP Suit

    An Israeli defense contractor fired back Thursday at satellite communications provider Hughes Network Systems LLC's attempt to dismiss its claims of willful patent infringement, saying Hughes knew enough about the patent in question to write a prior analysis of it.

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