Patent
litigation jackpot: A
university won a
.5 billion suit against Marvell
The smartphone industry is caught in a maelstrom of
Patent litigation, with
Apple,
Samsung, **kia, Motorola and other major companies entangled in a complex matrix of lawsuits. But other parts of the tech world also have their woes. A federal court has
just ordered Marvell to pay
.5 billion to Carnegie Mellon
university over*two hard-disk patents. The judge in case slammed
Marvell with "enhanced penalties" for deliberately infringing on Carnegie's intellectual property.
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Patent litigation jackpot: A university won a $1>5 billion suit against Marvell