Law360 | Navico Wins $38M from Garmin in East Texas Sonar 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, Adam Swain, Linda Chang, and Chris Ziegler are mentioned for representing Navico, Inc., in patent litigation.

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).

Alston & Bird client Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., secured a significant victory at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), where an administrative law judge ruled in favor of Garmin in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Philips North America LLC and Koninklijke Philips NV.