September 18, 2019
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.
April 24, 2018
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.
August 08, 2017
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.
July 25, 2017
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.
June 22, 2017
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.
March 31, 2016
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.
February 03, 2016
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.
January 05, 2016
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.
April 24, 2015
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.
April 02, 2015
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.