Fractus v. Samsung Elecs. Co.

Decision Date28 June 2012
Docket NumberCase No. 6:09–CV–203.
Citation876 F.Supp.2d 802
PartiesFRACTUS, S.A., Plaintiff v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., et al., Defendants.
CourtU.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas

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Matthew Behncke, Susman Godfrey, Max Lalon Tribble, Jr., Fiona Ann Bell, Leslie V. Payne, Micah John Howe, Houston, TX, Daniel J. Shih, Genevieve Joanne Vose, Justin Adatto Nelson, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Seattle, WA, Daymon Jeffrey Rambin, Elizabeth L. Derieux, Sidney Calvin Capshaw, III, Gladewater, TX, Jack Wesley Hill, Thomas John Ward, Jr., Ward & Smith Law Firm, Longview, TX, Michael F. Heim, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff.

Allen Franklin Gardner, Michael E. Jones, Potter Minton, A Professional Corporation, Tyler, TX, Chang Sik Kim, Eric J. Faragi, Neil P. Sirota, Robert L. Maier, Baker Botts, New York, NY, George A. Riley, Patrick Michael Lonergan, O'Melveny & Myers, San Francisco, CA, Michael Joseph Barta, Michael Calhoon, Nicholas Carlson Margida, Baker Botts LLP, Washington, DC, Philip C. Ducker, Menlo Park, CA, for Defendants.

Victoria L. Cook, Los Angeles, CA.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

LEONARD DAVIS, District Judge.

Before the Court are the parties' post-trial motions. Having considered the parties' written submissions and oral arguments, the Court: DENIES Samsung's Renewed Motions for Judgment as a Matter of Law that: (1) Samsung Does Not Infringe Any Claim of the Patents–in–Suit; (2) the Asserted Claims of the Patents–in–Suit are Invalid; (3) Samsung is Not A Willful Infringer; and (4) the Damages Award was Improper (Docket No. 1025, “JMOL”); DENIES Samsung's Motion Under Rule 52 for Entry of Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law Regarding Indefiniteness (Docket No. 1026, “Mtn Fact And Law”); DENIES Samsung's Motion for New Trial Under Rule 59 Based on Material Errors in Evidentiary Rulings (Docket No. 1027, New Trial Mtn); GRANTS–IN–PART Fractus S.A.'s Motion for Enhanced Damages and Attorneys' Fees (Docket No. 1028, “Enhanced Damages Mtn”); DENIES Fractus S.A.'s Motion for Permanent Injunction, and SEVERS Fractus's request for an Ongoing Royalty into a separate action (Docket No. 1030, injunction Mtn); and GRANTS Fractus, S.A.'s Motion for Prejudgment Interest and Bill of Costs (Docket No. 1032, “Interest and Costs Mtn”””).

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                ¦BACKGROUND                                                      ¦812   ¦
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                ¦SAMSUNG'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW                ¦813   ¦
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                ¦JMOL Standard                                                   ¦813   ¦
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                ¦Judgment as a Matter of Law Regarding Literal Infringement      ¦813   ¦
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                ¦Applicable Law                                                  ¦813   ¦
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                ¦Claim Construction: Multilevel Structure and Polygon            ¦814   ¦
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                ¦Infringement: Clearly Visible and Individually Indistinguishable¦814   ¦
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                ¦Infringement: Closed, Planar Polygons of the Same Type with the Same ¦816    ¦
                ¦Number of Sides                                                      ¦       ¦
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                ¦Conclusion: Literal Infringement¦818¦
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                ¦Judgment as a Matter of Law Regarding Infringement Under the Doctrine¦818    ¦
                ¦of Equivalents                                                       ¦       ¦
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                ¦Applicable Law                                      ¦819  ¦
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                ¦Doctrine of Equivalents: Sufficiency of the Evidence¦819  ¦
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                ¦Doctrine of Equivalents: Vitiation                  ¦820  ¦
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                ¦Conclusion: Doctrine of Equivalents                 ¦821  ¦
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                ¦Judgment as a Matter of Law Regarding Invalidity    ¦821  ¦
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                ¦Invalidity: Written Description                     ¦822  ¦
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                ¦Applicable Law                                      ¦822  ¦
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                ¦Analysis                                            ¦822  ¦
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                ¦Invalidity: Enablement                              ¦823  ¦
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                ¦Applicable Law                                      ¦824  ¦
                +----------------------------------------------------+-----¦
                ¦Analysis                                            ¦824  ¦
                +----------------------------------------------------+-----¦
                ¦Invalidity: Anticipation                            ¦825  ¦
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                ¦Applicable Law                                      ¦825  ¦
                +----------------------------------------------------+-----¦
                ¦Analysis                                            ¦825  ¦
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                ¦Invalidity: Obviousness                             ¦827  ¦
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                ¦Applicable Law                                      ¦827  ¦
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                ¦Analysis                                            ¦827  ¦
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                ¦Conclusion: Invalidity                              ¦828  ¦
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                ¦Judgment as a Matter of Law Regarding Willfulness   ¦828  ¦
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                ¦Willfulness: Objectively High Likelihood                             ¦828    ¦
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                ¦Willfulness: Known or Obvious                                        ¦829    ¦
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                ¦Conclusion: Willfulness                                              ¦830    ¦
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                ¦Judgment as a Matter of Law Regarding Damages                        ¦830    ¦
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                ¦Damages: Applicable Law                                              ¦830    ¦
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                ¦Damages: Fractus's Model                                             ¦831    ¦
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                ¦Damages: Samsung's Post–Trial Arguments                              ¦833    ¦
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                ¦Damages: Entire Market Value Rule                                    ¦833    ¦
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                ¦Damages: 10% Apportionment                                           ¦835    ¦
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                ¦Damages: Substantial Evidence of Reasonable Royalty Rate             ¦836    ¦
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                ¦Damages Alternative Request: Remittitur or New Trial                 ¦837    ¦
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                ¦Conclusion: Samsung's Rule 50 Motions                                ¦838    ¦
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                ¦Samsung Rule 52 Motion For Entry of Findings of Fact and Conclusions ¦838    ¦
                ¦of Law                                                               ¦       ¦
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                ¦Conclusion on Samsung's Rule 52 Motion                               ¦839    ¦
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                ¦Samsung Rule 59 Motion For a New Trial for Errors in Evidentiary     ¦839    ¦
                ¦Rulings                                                              ¦       ¦
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                ¦Applicable Law                                                       ¦839    ¦
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                ¦Cohen Correspondence                                                 ¦839    ¦
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                ¦Closing Argument                                                     ¦841    ¦
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                ¦Conclusion: Samsung Rule 59 Motion For a New Trial for Errors in     ¦844    ¦
                ¦Evidentiary Rulings                                                  ¦       ¦
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