On March 29, 2010, a jury in the United States District Court, District Court of Delaware found four of Callaway Golf Company’s patents are invalid, ruling against the company in its patent infringement lawsuit filed against Acushnet that began in 2006.

Almost $10 million of the award attributed to defendant’s bad conduct

As announced in recent issue of Docket Report, a decision by the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division underscores just how unpredictable a court ruling can be.

According to a recent Docket Report issue, on March 30, 2010, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas awarded Smith and Nephew, Inc. $5,185,667 after a jury found Arthrex, Inc. infringed its patent. The award includes $4,713,000 in damages and $472,667 in pre-judgment interest.

In April 2010, Aribex, Inc. announced a settlement of its patent infringement lawsuit filed against Sigma Biomedics, DentalAire Products International and DigiMed. The lawsuit, filed in October 2009, claimed defendants infringed Aribex’s patent for a hand-held X-ray device (US Patent No. 7,496,178, entitled “Portable x-ray device”).