Fujifilm Corp. v. Motorola Mobility LLC

ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S AND DEFENDANT’S MOTIONS FOR JUDGMENT AS MATTER OF LAW OR FOR A NEW TRIAL, AND ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO ALTER OR AMEND THE JUDGMENT

Re: Dkt. Nos. 361, 362, 363

INTRODUCTION

In this lawsuit involving technology used in digital cameras and cellular telephones, *1019 a jury found defendant Motorola Mobility LLC (“Motorola”) liable for infringement of plaintiff Fujifilm Corporation (“Fuji-film”)’s U.S. Patent No. 6,144,763 (the ’763 patent), which concerns monochrome conversion in digital photography, and awarded $10.24 million in damages after a two-week trial. The jury also considered Fuji-film’s claims of infringement of U.S. Patents Nos. 8,306,285 (the ’285 patent) and 7,327,886 (the ’886 patent), which concern human face detection in digital photography, and U.S. Patent No. 6,915,119 (the ’119 patent), which concerns wireless data transmission. The jury found that the ’285 and ’886 patents were invalid and not infringed, and that the ’119 patent was infringed but invalid. Each party now moves for judgment as a matter of law or for a new trial on virtually every issue on which the jury did not find in its favor. In addition, Fujifilm moves under Federal Rule…