Top Plaintiffs' Verdicts by Dollar: Power Integrations Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. et al.

Power Integrations Inc. claimed victory in a patent infringement trial in March 2014 against Fairchild Semiconductor Inc. and its subsidiary, System General Corp.

A San Francisco jury found that Fairchild willfully infringed two Power Integrations patents and denied Fairchild's counterclaim on a third.

The jury awarded $105 million in damages to Power Integrations, a San Jose-based supplier of high-performance electronic components used in televisions, computers and mobile phones. Power Integrations Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. et al., 09-CV5235 (N.D. Cal., filed Nov. 4, 2009).

U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney voided the award in November, ordering a new trial on damages.

The infringement verdict remains intact, and the judge rejected a Fairchild bid last month to invalidate one of the two patents after the defendant claimed that Power Integrations' CEO deliberately withheld information from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during a reexamination hearing.

Leading Power Integrations in trial was Fish & Richardson PC trial lawyer Frank E. Scherkenbach, who specializes in complex high technology litigation, with particular expertise in computer software, semiconductors, and medical devices.

A spokeswoman for Fish said Scherkenbach and the other two lawyers on Fish's team, Howard G. Pollack and Michael R. Headley, declined to comment.

In its initial complaint, Power Integrations alleged that, despite obtaining rulings in its favor by the U.S. International Trade Commission and a Delaware district court, the defendants continued to infringe.

Blair M. Jacobs, a lead McDermott Will & Emery attorney on the defense side, said he expects a new trial on damages to take place toward the end of the year.

- ALISON FROST