Law360 | Garmin Hit With $37M ITC Fine Recommendation In IP Row

Alston & Bird client Navico Inc. has been awarded more than $38 million in damages in a unanimous verdict by a Texas federal jury, finding that Garmin International willfully infringed two of the company’s DownScan Imaging™ sonar patents.

Alston & Bird client Navico Inc. has won an initial determination by a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Administrative Law Judge, who recommended a $37 million fine against Garmin International Inc. and related Garmin entities. The penalty – the largest ever in an ITC investigation – concerns Garmin’s importation and sale of fishfinder products that utilize scanning sonar technologies patented by Navico

Scott Stevens, Kirk Bradley, Chris Ziegler, and Linda Chang are mentioned for representing Navico in patent litigation in the Eastern District of Texas.

Alston & Bird has been ranked the No. 1 best performing firm overall representing complainants and respondents in Section 337 investigations conducted by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).

Scott Stevens, Alston & Bird partner and co-chair of the firm’s intellectual property ITC Section 337 Practice, has been named “Litigator of the Week” by The American Lawyer for successfully defending Garmin over patent infringement claims brought by Philips North America and Koninklijke Philips NV at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).