A $49 million infringement ruling in favor of 800 Adept against Targus Information Corp. was overturned Aug. 29 by the U.S. Court of Appeals due to faulty claim construction and other trial-court errors.
In 2006, Vienna, Va.-based Targus lost an infringement case filed by Orlando-based 800 Adept for technology used to route calls to 800-numbers that the Orlando company says was patented technology.
The initial verdict included the $49 million award in damages against Targus, in addition to nearly $6 million in attorney fees.
"We always believed that there was never any basis for this lawsuit and that the jury verdict was totally misguided. We refused to settle and had the courage of our convictions to see it through to the appeals court," said George G. Moore, CEO of Targus Information Corp., in a prepared statement.
Orlando law firms Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist and Maher Law Firm co-represented 800 Adept.
