Jury Rules Against Itron In Patent Litigation
A jury in Minneapolis, Minnesota returned a verdict against Itron Inc. (Spokane, Washington, U.S.) and found that Itron's manual entry handheld meter-reading devices infringed a patent owned by Ralph Benghiat, an individual. The jury awarded Benghiat nearly US$8 million in damages. The patent litigation, which began in March 1999, was tried in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota (Civil Case No. 99-cv-501).
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