EDVA Jury Awards More Than $19 Million in Patent Infringement Case
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On February 25, a jury found in favor of the patentee, CompX International, in the case of Humanscale Corp. v. CompX International, et al., Case No. 3:09cv86 (E.D. Va.), and awarded $19 million dollars in past damages and a reasonable royalty of 6% of future sales of infringing products. The jury’s verdict can be found here.
The patents-at-issue, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,037,054 and 5,257,767, cover adjustable platforms for computer keyboards. After an eight-day jury trial before Chief Judge Spencer in the Richmond Division of the EDVA, the jury found that Humanscale’s accused keyboards infringed three claims of the ‘054 patent and two claims of the ‘767 patent. The jury also found that the patents were valid and rejected Humanscale’s on-sale bar and laches defenses.
