Patent troll with a big verdict against Cisco notches a Supreme Court win

Posted by BernardSwiss on May 27, 2015 9:46 AM EDT
Ars Technica; By Joe Mullin
Mail this story
Print this story

The Supreme Court issued a ruling today in Commil USA v. Cisco Systems, one of two patent cases it heard this term. On one key issue, the opinion favors Commil, a "patent troll" that won a $64 million jury verdict against Cisco. But other findings mean that the non-practicing entity won't be getting a payday any time soon—and a final section of the opinion is wholly dedicated to reminding judges to sanction misbehaving patent plaintiffs, something that didn't even come up in this case.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: News Story; Groups: Developer, Intellectual Property, Standards

« Return to the newswire homepage

This topic does not have any threads posted yet!

You cannot post until you login.