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Texas Juries Award a Combined $582M in Two Patent Trials Friday

Federal juries in separate trials returned decisions Friday afternoon — about 13 minutes apart — slamming Samsung with a $303 million verdict for willfully infringing computer memory technology patents and finding Textron Innovations is owed $279 million from a company that infringed its drone-related patents.

Semiconductor manufacturer Netlist filed suit against Samsung Electronics America and Samsung Electronics Co. in December 2021, alleging the company had continued to use products that infringed its computer memory technology patents after a license agreement expired in 2020.

Michelle Casady

Michelle Casady is based in Houston and covers litigation and appeals — including trials, breaking news and industry trends — for The Texas Lawbook.

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