Avery Dennison Told to Pay $26.6 Million in RFID Patent Fight

Avery Dennison Corp. was told to pay an Oregon business $26.6 million after jurors found certain RFID tags sold by the materials science company infringed a patent.

Jurors in the U.S. District Court of the District of Oregon returned the verdict Friday, following a trial in Eugene. The jury found Adasa Inc. was entitled to royalties for Avery Dennison’s infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,798,967.

The patent relates to systems for encoded radio frequency identification devices that are used to identify and track products. Adasa is an RFID company in Eugene. Its founder, Clarke McAllister, is also the inventor ...