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Marvell ordered to pay $1.17 billion in patent case |
December 27, 2012
A jury in Pennsylvania has ordered chip maker Marvell Technology to pay $1.17 billion for patent infringement in one of the largest awards of its kind.
The jury found that Marvell infringed two patents related to hard disk drive technology held by Carnegie Mellon University, court papers show. Marvell infringed the patents knowingly, the jury found, meaning the damages could potentially be tripled.
The jury reached its decision Wednesday at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
The award is one of the largest ever granted in a patent case. It follows an award of $1.05 billion against Samsung earlier this year in a patent case brought by Apple over smartphone technologies.
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Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2023479/marvell-ordered-to-pay-117-billion-in-patent-case.html
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