WD escapes half a billion in patent damages as judge trims award to $1

SPEX Technologies still gets the win, but failed to 'adequately tie a dollar amount' to infringing acts, says order

Western Digital has succeeded in having the sum it owed from a patent infringement case reduced from $553 million down to just $1 in post-trial motions, when the judge found the plaintiff's claims had shifted during the course of the litigation....