Power Integrations v. Fairchild Semiconductors Int'l, Inc., No. 11-1218 (Fed. Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseThe district court held that Fairchild willfully infringed several valid patents belonging to Power Integrations and awarded compensatory and enhanced damages in the amount of $12,866,647.16. The patented technology is used in electric chargers for mobile phones. The Federal Circuit affirmed the ruling on obviousness, but reversed construction of the “soft start circuit” limitations in certain claims. The court vacated the award of damages based on infringement by inducement, and remanded for a new trial on damages resulting from direct infringement, with an accounting limited to post-verdict infringing sales related to Fairchild’s direct infringement. The court also vacated the finding of willful infringement.
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