LG Faces New Trial in $45 Million Plug-and-Play Patent Case

A New Jersey federal court ordered a new trial in a patent case that originally resulted in a $45 million jury award against LG Electronics Inc. for infringing a patent related to “plug-and-play” video from an external source to a television.

The court said Wednesday that Mondis Technology Ltd. was entitled to a new trial to determine the appropriate amount of damages.

The court vacated the $45 million award in September, finding Mondis’ damages theory was insufficient to support the award, but not changing the verdict that LG willfully infringed. After the ruling, LG argued that Mondis had waived its ...