Hybrid Patents, Inc., v. Charter Communications, Inc., Case Number: 2:05-cv-436
Judge: T. John Ward
This patent case was tried before Judge Ward in Marshall last week, and went to the jury this morning. The jury answered "no" on infringement and willfulness, but did not find the patents invalid under any of the three theories advanced at trial.
That's three defense verdicts and two plaintiff's verdicts in the Eastern District this year. Plaintiff's win rate at trial in 2007 now stands at 40%. The two-year stats (for 2006 and 2007 jury verdicts) is now about 61%.