June 26, 2026
Two home automation companies have settled a case over a thermostat patent after the Federal Circuit undid an $11.5 million jury verdict awarded to one of them and faulted the judge overseeing the trial for using jury forms that collapsed all infringement allegations into a yes-no question.
October 06, 2023
An Eastern District of Texas jury has found that home automation company Ecobee infringed at least one claim in Ollnova Technologies' patents when creating and distributing its smart thermostats, awarding Ollnova a lump sum of $11.5 million.