Adobe’s $33.8 Million Anti-Piracy Tech Jury Verdict Vacated

A Delaware federal judge reversed a $33.8 million infringement verdict against Adobe Inc. after a jury in September found that anti-piracy technology software in programs such as Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop infringed a patent for a software-licensing system.

Judge Richard G. Andrews of the US District Court for the District of Delaware approved Adobe’s motion for judgment after finding that plaintiff ViaTech Technologies Inc. “failed to submit evidence which a reasonable jury could find infringement,” he said in an order dated July 17. Andrews sided with Adobe’s claim that the jury lacked proof that Adobe’s products included a ‘license monitor ...