Split Fed. Circ. Backs EcoFactor's $20M Trial Win Over Google

By Dani Kass

The Federal Circuit on Monday affirmed that Google should pay EcoFactor $20 million for infringing its smart thermostat patent, but one judge took issue with allowing the damages to stand, saying her colleagues' ruling "at best muddles our precedent and at worst contradicts it."

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