A federal judge in Texas has dismissed a previous $847 million verdict against Verizon alleging that the wireless communications company violated patent rights.
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap ordered a new trial after ruling that the former verdict supporting the Dallas-based General Access Solutions’ (GAS) allegation that Verizon infringed on its wireless communication technology was “against the great weight of the evidence.”
GAS sued Verizon in 2022, alleging that the latter infringed on its patent claims. The initial complaint argues that Verizon’s 5G wireless base stations, hotspots, mobile phones, and wireless routers infringed on patented technology engineered by GAS that pioneered “beamforming” access in which “certain information is broadcasted widely to multiple devices.”…