Fairchild Says Recent Damages Award Against Co is Legally Flawed

Fairchild

, announced today that a recent damages award against the company is legally flawed, and it expects the award to be overturned or significantly reduced in further proceedings and appeals. The announcement follows a verdict Thursday in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, in which a jury awarded $139 million in damages against Fairchild for approximately $50 million of infringing sales. The only issue for the jury was to measure damages based on a reasonable royalty determined under applicable patent law, based on a prior jury verdict finding that some Fairchild parts infringed two patents owned by Power Integrations, Inc. ("PI").