Funai Elec. Co., Ltd. v. Daewoo Electronics Corp.

ORDER RE POST-TRIAL MOTIONS

I. INTRODUCTION

In its complaint, Plaintiff Funai Electric Company, Ltd. (“Funai”) alleged that various Daewoo entities infringed the following six patents: 1) United States Patent No. 6,021,018 (“'018 patent”); 2) United States Patent No. 6,064,538 (“'538 patent”); 3) United States Patent No. RE37,332 (“'332 patent”); 4) United States Patent No. 6,421,210 (“'210 patent”); 5) United States Patent No. 5,815,218 (“'218 patent”), and 6) United States Patent No. 5,987,209 (“'209 patent”). Two Daewoo entities, Daewoo Electronics Corp., Ltd. and Daewoo Electronics Corp. of America, defaulted and default judgment was entered against them. The remaining defendants, Daewoo Electronics Corporation (“DEC”) and Daewoo Electronics America, Inc. (“DEAM”), continued to defend the ac tion.

On summary judgment, the Court held that the '332, '218 and '209 patents were not infringed, either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents. Questions relating to infringement and invalidity of the remaining patents, as well as the questions of willfulness and damages, were presented to a jury in a 15-day jury trial. The jury found that Daewoo willfully infringed the '018,…