Philips Nets $7.1M in Zoll Infringement Case

A federal jury awarded Philips $10.4 million in damages from Zoll Medical Corp. in a patent infringement case but also ordered Philips to pay $3.3 million for its own infringement.

Staff Report

The expression "you win some, you lose some," seems like an apt description of a jury verdict in a long-running lawsuit between Philips Electronics and Zoll Medical.

Both companies were found guilty of patent infringement in the case that involved three defibrillator-related Philips patents and two Zoll patents. The jury awarded Philips $10.4 million but then ordered the company to pay Zoll $3.3 million for its own infringement. That net haul of $7.1 million pales in comparison to the $217 million that Philips was seeking.

Last year an appellate court upheld part of an earlier 2013 verdict in which Zoll was found liable for patent infringement.

Zoll CEO Jonathan Rennert said the patents in question are all expired and the verdict will not impact Zoll's day-to-day business. "We are satisfied that the jury has been fair in awarding reasonable damages under the circumstances," Rennert said.

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