Pretrial jury instructions and a glossary for the jury were two tactical tools credited by plaintiff's counsel with winning an $8.1 million patent infringement trial in Texas earlier this month. The litigation centered on a device, patented by MessagePhone, that validates credit cards to allow hotel guests to order and charge movies to their credit cards. MessagePhone contended that SVI Systems had infringed on its patent by installing a similar device in 100,000 hotel rooms nationwide.
June 22, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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Pretrial jury instructions and a glossary for the jury were two tactical tools credited by plaintiff’s counsel with winning an $8.1 million patent infringement trial in Texas earlier this month.
The case, MessagePhone Inc. v. SVI Systems Inc., CA No. 3:97-CV-1813-H (N.D. Texas), ended on June 9, when presiding judge Barefoot Sanders ordered SVI Systems to pay treble the jury award of $2.65 million, plus attorney fees, to MessagePhone, according to court documents.
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