Genband Hits Rival with $8.16 Million Verdict

A Plano maker of telecommunications equipment last week scored an $8.16 million patent infringement verdict against a rival – and, perhaps more importantly, has set itself up to potentially eliminate some of its competitor’s technology products from the market.

An eight-person jury in Marshall deliberated about three and a half hours before handing Genband US LLC the victory on Friday, Jan. 15, over London-based Metaswitch Networks. In addition to ruling that Metaswitch had infringed on seven Genband patents, the panel also rejected Metaswitch’s claims that parts or all of those patents were invalid.