Russ, August & Kabat attorneys Marc A. Fenster, Reza Mirzaie, Adam Hoffman, Neil Rubin, Jacob Buczko and James Pickens won a jury verdict of willful patent infringement of two standards-essential cell phone patents by LG Electronics, for their client, Core Wireless. The cell phone patents: Patent No. 7,804,850, related to improved battery life through reduction in superfluous transmissions, and Patent No. 6,633,536, related to a signaling protocol designed to improve network operation and call reliability.
While the jury awarded only $2.28 million for past damages, it also awarded a running royalty on both patents that could translate into millions of dollars through 2028, the expiration date of the ‘850 patent. In a rather rare event, the jury also found that LG willfully infringed Core Wireless’ Standards-Essential Patents, subjecting LG to enhanced damages and the real possibility of Core Wireless recovering its attorney’s fees from LG.
The verdict vindicates years of negotiation efforts by Core Wireless and its parent company, Conversant Intellectual Property Management, Inc. Following the favorable verdict, Conversant CEO John Lindgren commented: “We are very pleased with the skillful and persuasive way the RAK trial team distilled this complex technology to the clearest of terms. They enabled the jurors to understand the key issues and decisively find in our favor. The jury verdict is a great and just result for our company – and one for which we had long been waiting.”