Ericsson wins $75 million in patent infringement case against TCL

On December 7, Ericsson Inc, a multinational networking and telecommunications company, won a $75-million verdict in a patent infringement case it brought against Chinese multinational electronics company TCL Corp.

According to a federal jury in Marshall, Texas, the infringement was willful, meaning that the judge could decide to increase damages. Therefore, the Texas jury ruled that TCL should pay damages for selling smartphones that infringe on an Ericsson patent relating to network security technology.

The patent covered controlling access to terminals that transmit voice communications, which was infringed by TCL and Alcatel OneTouch phones and tablets, the jury decided. Four other patents that Ericsson sued over were ruled invalid.