800 Adept, Inc. v Murex Securities, Ltd., Murex Licensing Corporation, Targus Information Corporation, and West Corporation
Feb 23, 2009OUTCOME:
A final judgment of $49 million was entered on April 12, 2007 on behalf of the firm's client 800 Adept Inc. in a patent infringement lawsuit over technology used to route toll-free phone calls. ... In addition to the $49 million award, the court also invalidated all the defendants' asserted claims related to nine different patents. The judgment included a permanent injunction preventing defendants Murex Securities Ltd of the Isle of Man, and Vienna, Va.-based affiliates Murex Licensing Corp. and Targus Information Corp. from using 800 Adept's technology to provide similar services. The judgment also upheld a jury finding of willful infringement of two of 800 Adept's U.S. patents (numbers 5,805,689 and Re: 36,111). The jury verdict was issued Oct. 30, 2006, following a six-week trial in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. On August 29, 2008 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overturned the final judgment and the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari.
