A Massachusetts federal judge ruled Tuesday that Boston University’s delay in filing its patent infringement suits against Epistar Corp. and Everlight Electronics Co. Ltd. failed to cause the electronic companies economic harm, ordering them and Lite-On Inc. to pay a nearly $13.7 million jury award decided in November.
In a 36-page decision, U.S. District Judge Patti B. Saris rejected Epistar’s and Everlight’s laches defense — that the university’s knowledge of possible infringement by the company’s predecessors more than six years before it filed suit constituted an unreasonable delay.
Boston University is represented by Erik Paul Belt of McCarter & English LLP.