December 19, 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.
December 09, 2024
Verizon Wireless and Ericsson have agreed to a deal that will end a suit accusing them of infringing a pair of wireless network patents owned by a Dallas patent business, a move that came after the first day of a retrial in the case.
December 06, 2024
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has ruled that Verizon was able to show that two claims in a General Access Solutions wireless network patent were invalid, the latest action in a larger legal battle between the parties.
September 30, 2024
Verizon Wireless and Ericsson will get another shot at convincing a Texas federal jury that they did not infringe intellectual property owned by a Dallas patent business, U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap ruled Monday, setting aside a previous jury's $847 million verdict against the telecom giants.
September 24, 2024
A Dallas patent business said on Tuesday it doesn't think the $847 million verdict it scored in Texas federal court in Marshall against a pair of telecom giants in June is too much.
September 10, 2024
Verizon and Ericsson have urged a Texas federal judge to erase an $847 million jury verdict in General Access Solutions' wireless network patent suit, arguing that the court hobbled their defense by improperly excluding evidence and allowing General Access to rely on misleading and sometimes false testimony.
June 28, 2024
An Eastern District of Texas federal jury on Friday said Verizon should pay $847 million for infringing two General Access Solutions wireless network patents, providing the patent owner with the full relief it requested.