Calamp corp. announces that the u.s. district court for the middle district of florida entered judgment, awarding omega damages of $4.6 million
As previously disclosed, in december 2013, a patent infringement lawsuit was filed against calamp corp. by omega patents, llc, (“omega”), a non-practicing entity, alleging that certain of the company’s vehicle tracking products infringed on four patents asserted by omega. on february 24, 2016, the jury in the u.s. district court for the middle district of florida awarded omega damages for infringement on all four patents. following trial, omega brought a motion seeking entry of judgment, an injunction, and requested treble damages and attorneys’ fees. on july 19, 2017, the court entered an amended judgment including the award of attorneys’ fees and supplemental damages for sales after the jury verdict, for a total final judgment of $15 million. the company appealed to the court of appeals for the federal circuit (the “federal circuit”) and on april 8, 2019, the federal circuit vacated the compensatory and enhanced damages and attorney’s fees awarded by the trial court to omega, set aside the jury’s verdict that the company’s alleged infringement was willful, and remanded the case for a new trial. the new trial began on september 23, 2019 in the u.s. district court for the middle district of florida, and on september 30, 2019, the jury determined that the company infringed two of the four patents; however, the jury found that there was no willful infringement. on the first patent (u.s. pat. no. 7,671,727), the jury found only one unit infringed, and assessed $1 in damages. on the second patent (u.s. pat. no. 8,032,278), the jury found direct infringement and awarded damages at a rate of $5 per unit, for total damages of approximately $4.6 million. on november 26, 2019 the u.s. district court for the middle district of florida entered judgment, awarding omega damages of $4.6 million, together with pre-judgment interest in the amount of $0.8 million through september 30, 2019.
