An appeals court has upheld a $22.2 million jury verdict in a long-standing patent spat between Integer Holdings (NYSE:ITGR), formerly known as Greatbatch, and AVX, now part of Kyocera. In a ruling released today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court decision that AVX intentionally infringed certain Integer patents with its Ingenio […]
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Integer wins $22m in damages from AVX pacer patent spat retrial
Integer Holdings (NYSE:ITGR), formerly known as Greatbatch, has been awarded approximately $22.2 million in damages in the retrial of a pacer tech patent spat with AVX, down from a previous award of $37.5 million, according to recently released court documents. Integer originally filed a patent infringement complaint in April 2013, alleging that AVX infringed on patents […]
Appeals court upholds Greabatch win over AVX
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit this week affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling granting $37.5 million in damages to Greatbatch, now known as Integer Holdings (NYSE:INTGR), in a patent infringement case against AVX. A 3-judge panel affirmed the decision in a 1-sentence per curium order, according to court documents. Greatbatch won […]
Greatbatch wins $37.5m patent infringement suit with AVX
Greatbatch (NYSE:GB) said yesterday it won $37.5 million in damages after a jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware ruled in its favor during a patent infringement case between Greatbatch and AVX. Greatbatch filed the patent infringement complaint in April 2013, alleging that AVX infringed on patents related to filtered feedthrough assemblies […]
PTAB reverses ruling on Greatbatch patent
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board said it instituted an inter partes review of a pacemaker patent from Greatbatch (NYSE:GB) on Wednesday, siding with challenger AVX corp that its initial decision overlooked a key argument. AVX was granted a request for a rehearing from the same 3-judge panel that denied it last August. The panel stated […]
