Fairchild FCS, 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").
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