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FINISAR CORP. v. DIRECTV GROUP, INC.

Nos. 2007-1023, 2007-1024.

523 F.3d 1323 (2008)

FINISAR CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Cross Appellant, v. The DIRECTV GROUP, INC., DirecTV Holdings LLC, DirecTV Enterprises LLC, DirecTV Operations LLC, Hughes Network Systems, Inc., and DirecTV, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

April 18, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry R. Laycock, Workman Nydegger, of Salt Lake City, UT, argued for plaintiff-cross appellant. With him on the brief were Charles L. Roberts, C.J. Veverka, and David R. Todd. Of counsel on the brief was Stanley J. Panikowski, DLA Piper U.S. LLP, of San Diego, CA.

Gregory A. Castanias, Jones Day, of Washington, DC, argued for defendants-appellants. With him on the brief were Jennifer L. Swize, of Washington, DC, and Victor G. Savikas, Louis L. Touton, and Kevin G. McBride, of Los Angeles, CA.

Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, RADER and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

RADER, Circuit Judge.

By a jury verdict, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas found that The DirecTV Group, Inc., DirecTV Holdings, LLC, DirecTV Enterprises, LLC, DirecTV Operations, LLC, and DirecTV, Inc. (collectively DirecTV) had infringed U.S. Patent No. 5,404,505 (the '505 patent), assigned to Finisar Corporation (Finisar). Finding DirecTV's infringement to have been willful, the jury awarded $78.9 million in reasonable royalty damages...

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