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January 27, 2012

Ford wins reversal on $56 million patent case

An #appeals court has given #Ford a huge #patent victory.

On Thursday, the quiet-but-important U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a trial judge whose rulings had resulted in a $56 million patent infringement hit to the Ford Motor Co.. The trial judge, Illinois-based James B. Zagel, had determined in 2009 that Ford had willfully infringed on the "puddle lamp" patent of inventor Jacob Krippelz, Sr.  A jury had awarded the Krippelz team $23 million, and the judge had added $33 million for enhanced damages and prejudgment interest.

The appellate court, in its 17-page ruling, declared that Zagel had "erred in holding that the patent-in-suit could be found novel over the prior art."

 

 

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I'm glad that they have set things right. It is indeed unfair for the company to be lose in this case.

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Fair solution, I hope that in future justice in our country will be the same.

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I'm glad that the court delivered a great decision about this matter. There are really a lot of patent infringement issues arising today. It is also common among cellphone companies most especially Apple and Samsung.

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