Pursuits
Cisco, Remy Cointreau, UHS: Intellectual Property
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Commil USA LLC was granted a new trial on patent-infringement claims against Cisco Systems Inc. because of what a judge said were prejudicial comments by a Cisco lawyer.
In his Dec. 29 order, U.S. District Judge Charles Everingham said the lawyer made comments regarding religious practices that “prejudiced the jury’s findings regarding indirect infringement and damages” and “had a tendency to appeal to the prejudices of the jurors.”