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SPEX Technologies, Inc v. Western Digital Corporation et al

  1. July 03, 2025

    SPEX To Appeal $553M Patent Verdict That Was Cut To $1

    SPEX Technologies Inc. will appeal a federal judge's decision to cut its $553 million verdict against Western Digital for data security patent infringement to $1 along with all other adverse rulings in the case.

  2. June 23, 2025

    Western Digital Gets $553M Patent Judgment Slashed To $1

    A California federal judge has agreed to wipe out a $553 million verdict against Western Digital for infringing a SPEX Technologies Inc. data security patent, instead finding that Western Digital owes just $1, according to an order docketed Monday.

  3. May 06, 2025

    Western Digital Fights Uphill To Ax SPEX's $553M Patent Win

    Western Digital urged a California federal judge Monday to rethink his tentative decision upholding a jury's $316 million verdict for infringing a SPEX Technologies Inc. data security patent, an award that was upped to $553 million with interest, arguing that the accused products don't perform the same functions specified in the patent.

  4. April 01, 2025

    SPEX Rips Western Digital Bid To Undo $553M Patent Loss

    SPEX Technologies Inc. has pushed back at Western Digital Corp.'s attempt to have a California federal judge throw out a $553 million award in a patent infringement case, saying that Western Digital "faults everyone but itself."

  5. February 12, 2025

    Western Digital Told To Pay $553M Sooner Rather Than Later

    Hard drive manufacturer Western Digital now has less than seven days to put up over half a billion dollars to satisfy a patent judgment after a California federal judge said he "has concerns about potential corporate restructuring."

  6. February 06, 2025

    Western Digital Seeks To Toss SPEX $553M Patent Verdict

    Western Digital asked a California federal judge Wednesday to throw out a jury's $316 million verdict that was later increased to $553 million, which held that the data storage company infringed a SPEX Technologies' patent related to hardware encryption technology, saying SPEX did not prove infringement.

  7. January 09, 2025

    SPEX's Data Security Patent Award Boosted To $553M

    A California federal judge has tacked on about $237 million in interest to the $316 million damages verdict SPEX Technologies won after a jury found Western Digital infringed a patent related to hardware encryption technology.

  8. December 19, 2024

    The Top Patent Damages Awards Of 2024

    The largest patent damages verdicts of 2024 all amounted to nine figures, largely in line with recent years, with the largest award of $847 million being set aside by a judge weeks after the verdict, reflecting the scrutiny given to sizable damages, attorneys say.

  9. October 18, 2024

    Western Digital Hit With $315.7M Verdict In Patent Suit

    Western Digital must pay SPEX Technologies nearly $316 million in damages for infringing its patent related to hardware encryption technology in Western Digital's Ultrastar and My Book data storage devices, a California federal jury decided on Friday.

  10. October 16, 2024

    Spex Jury Can't Use Kingston Deal To Calculate IP Damages

    A California federal judge ruled Wednesday that jurors deciding whether Western Digital infringed Spex Technologies' data security patent can't consider Spex's 2009 licensing agreement with Kingston Technology to calculate potential damages, since there was no way to tease the value of the patent-at-issue out of the broader deal.