A federal appeals court overturned a permanent injunction barring Verizon...
A federal appeals court overturned a permanent injunction barring Verizon from using certain ActiveVideo Networks patents related to VOD, an opinion released Friday said (http://xrl.us/bnm36f). “Given the record in the case, it was an abuse of discretion for the district…
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court to grant a permanent injunction,” said the opinion from the U.S. Appeals Court, Federal Circuit. “The district court fact findings that there was irreparable harm, inadequate remedies at law, and hardship which favored granting an injunction to ActiveVideo were clearly erroneous.” It remanded to the federal district court in Norfolk, Va., the question of how much in royalties Verizon should pay for use of the patents. The appeals court also vacated the lower court’s summary judgment on the invalidity of one of Verizon’s patents in the case and reversed the court’s finding of infringement against Verizon in another patent. It affirmed other judgments of infringement with regard to three ActiveVideo patents. And it affirmed the damages awarded against Verizon in full. A spokesman for Verizon declined to comment. ActiveVideo Networks did not respond to our query.