Gen Digital owes Columbia $481 mln in US patent fight, judge says
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Oct 2 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Virginia has ruled that software company Gen Digital (GEN.O), formerly known as NortonLifeLock, owes New Yorks Columbia University nearly $481.3 million in a patent lawsuit over cybersecurity technology, more than doubling a jurys award for the school from last year. U.S. District Judge Hannah Lauck said in a final judgment issued on Saturday that Columbias $185 million jury verdict should be multiplied after Gen Digital had willfully infringed the patents with its antivirus software and other security products. Columbia sued Gen Digital in the Richmond, Virginia, court in 2013, accusing the company of infringing six patents related to intrusion-detection systems. The jury also ruled that two Columbia professors should be listed as inventors on a Gen Digital patent related to decoy technology for baiting viruses. Lauck said in a final judgment on Saturday that Columbia should receive $481 million in total damages, 2.6 times the jurys original award.
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