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2.04.25
Wilson Sonsini Secures Complete Jury Trial Victory for Via Transportation
On January 30, 2025, firm client and microtransit leader Via won a complete victory against its competitor, RideCo, following a seven-day jury trial and years of litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. After less than 3 hours of deliberation, the jury found that RideCo infringed three of Via’s patents on its virtual bus stop technology (U.S. Patent Nos. 9,562,785, 9,816,824, and 10,197,411) and ordered RideCo to pay damages, with total pretrial and ongoing damages to be determined. Via also prevailed against RideCo’s counterclaims, with the jury finding that Via did not infringe either of RideCo’s two asserted patents.
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12.17.24
Firm Secures Summary Judgment for Thermal Shipping Solutions in Patent Litigation
On December 15, 2024, a Wilson Sonsini patent litigation team secured a summary judgment victory for client Thermal Shipping Solutions based on recent Federal Circuit case law interpreting patent invalidity under the America Invents Act (AIA). This decision is one of the first in the nation to address the “public disclosure” and “derivation” exceptions under 35 U.S.C. § 102.
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8.23.24
Wilson Sonsini Secures Complete Victory for Scale Computing in Patent Infringement Trial
On August 22, 2024, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati secured a complete jury victory in a patent infringement trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware on behalf of firm client Scale Computing, Inc. Following a four-day trial, the jury unanimously found that Scale Computing’s accused products, including the Scale Computing Platform and its Scale Computing Reliable Independent Block Engine (SCRIBE), did not directly or indirectly infringe DataCore Software Corp.’s data storage patent (U.S. Patent No. 9,344,235). The jury also found all of DataCore’s asserted claims invalid as anticipated by the prior art.