Intellectual Property,
Civil Litigation
Mar. 16, 2020
Jury awards South Korean patent company $7.5M in USB thumb drive dispute
Pavo Solutions Inc. won $7.55M in damages in a patent infringement case against Kingston Technology LLC Thursday in the U.S. District Court - Southern Division following a week-long jury trial.




A South Korean patent holding company won $7.5 million against Kingston Technology LLC in a dispute over a USB thumb drive.
According to the lawsuit, plaintiff Pavo Solutions Inc. acquired the '544 patent, "Flash Memory Apparatus Having Single Body Type Rotary Cover", from South Korean company CATR Co. CATR's patent on the device was registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2005. Pavo Solutions LLC v. Kingston Tec...
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