Federal Circuit Seems Unswayed That Roku Verdict Should Be Nixed

A jury verdict clearing Roku Inc. of allegations it infringed a patent on screen mirroring appears safe after a three-judge panel of the Federal Circuit grilled the patent owner asking for a new trial.

The verdict came in Judge Alan Albright’s first patent trial since he joined the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Although he has been criticized for attracting infringement suits by patent owners to his court, the first trial ended in a defense verdict.

Patent owner MV3 Partners LLC told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on appeal that Albright bungled ...