Federal Judiciary

Induced Infringement Found in Soverain v. Newegg: Red Hat Gets Defense Verdict in Marshall

By Michael C. Smith

This afternoon a Tyler jury in Judge Leonard Davis' court declined to find direct infringement of the seven claims asserted by plaintiff Soverain, but found induced infringement of the five claims for which inducement was claimed, and that the deendant had failed to show by clear and convincing evidence that the claims were anticipated.  Damages were set at $2.5 million.

Meanwhile, back in Marshall, the jury in visiting Federal Circuit judge Randall Rader's Red Hat trial returned a verdict of no infringement and found the patent invalid. 

Full post as published by Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice on April 30, 2010 (boomark / email).