Marvell Gets Reduced Damages in $1.17 Billion Patent Verdict
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Marvell Technology Group Ltd. must pay at least $278.4 million for infringing Carnegie Mellon University patents over disk drives, and may have to pay more after a court threw out part of the original $1.17 billion verdict.
The chipmaker infringed the university’s patents, but should only pay royalties on those chips that were imported or sold in America, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said in an opinion posted on its electronic docket Tuesday. For the chips brought into the U.S., the court said Marvell should pay $278.4 million in past royalties plus any amount to cover infringement since the verdict.