An Eastern District of Texas jury awarded SK nexilis $3.3 million after finding that Solus Advanced Materials and its Volta Energy subsidiaries willfully infringed five patents covering electrolytic copper foil manufacturing methods used in electric vehicle batteries.
In a closely watched case, Judge Gilstrap denied a permanent injunction against Samsung despite a $445.5 million willful infringement verdict, finding that the non-practicing patent owner failed to show the balance of hardships favored relief — even though the court accepted its irreparable harm arg
Following a $13 million jury verdict for trade secret misappropriation, a Texas federal court granted a permanent injunction but significantly narrowed its scope, and required plaintiffs to elect between overlapping damages theories to avoid double recovery.