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Power Integrations awarded $105 million from Fairchild
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California found on Tuesday that Fairchild Semiconductor willfully infringed two U.S. patents asserted against the company by Power Integrations, Inc.
Power Integrations was awarded $105 million in damages against Fairchild.
Fairchild said it was very disappointed by the outcome and will challenge several aspects of the verdict during post-trial review and any appeal.
Fairchild said the infringement finding was in error and failed to account for differences in the accused products.
The company also said it was particularly concerned by several elements of the damages award, including the sufficiency of the damages evidence and Power Integrations' unique damages theory.
Products in the case include chips used in switch-mode power supplies made by the company's System General subsidiary. In a previous patent infringement case between the two companies, a jury awarded Power Integrations $34 million in damages in 2006.
Virtually all of that damages award was eventually thrown out by a 2013 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Fairchild says Tuesday's damages award suffered from similar legal and evidentiary defects, and that it expected to challenge the award, as well as other aspects of the verdict, on similar grounds.
Power Integrations was awarded $105 million in damages against Fairchild.
Fairchild said it was very disappointed by the outcome and will challenge several aspects of the verdict during post-trial review and any appeal.
Fairchild said the infringement finding was in error and failed to account for differences in the accused products.
The company also said it was particularly concerned by several elements of the damages award, including the sufficiency of the damages evidence and Power Integrations' unique damages theory.
Products in the case include chips used in switch-mode power supplies made by the company's System General subsidiary. In a previous patent infringement case between the two companies, a jury awarded Power Integrations $34 million in damages in 2006.
Virtually all of that damages award was eventually thrown out by a 2013 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Fairchild says Tuesday's damages award suffered from similar legal and evidentiary defects, and that it expected to challenge the award, as well as other aspects of the verdict, on similar grounds.
