Days after a Texas federal judge tossed a jury’s finding that Apple Inc. willfully infringed data storage patents held by Smartflash LLC, the iPhone maker’s lawyers at Ropes & Gray and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher have now convinced the judge to throw out a $533 million damages award.
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap in Tyler, Texas, ruled late Tuesday that Apple deserves a new damages trial in the patent infringement case, which was brought by patent holder Smartflash and lawyers at Caldwell Cassady & Curry. In February a jury in Tyler found Apple liable for infringing four claims across three Smartflash patents and concluded that the infringement was willful.
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