Island Time 1,239 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Navico announced today that a Texas federal jury has found that Garmin willfully infringed two of Navico’s DownScan Imaging™ sonar patents resulting in $38,755,000 in damages to be paid by Garmin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 That is a big number! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
too_tall 15 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Is that number large enough to seriously hurt Garmin? They are a very large company. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 probably gone straight to appeal but the out of court settlement will better now than before Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 in december 2015 garmin were pinged $37mill http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article153583564.html in may 2017 garmin said they would appeal and in june 2017 it seems garmin won they appeal don't have to pay http://newsroom.garmin.com/press-release/featured-releases/garmin-prevails-navico-patent-dispute soooooo has that appeal been appealed and reversed since then? google not showing anything newer than june Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,239 Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 An info email was sent by Navico to their dealers about this today, saying they had been successful in the pursuit of this transgression. I read it, posted this thread, then deleted it, so I cant post the included links, sorry... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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