NCR Overturns $13.2 Million Patent Loss at the Federal Circuit

The Federal Circuit erased a $13.2 million verdict and said the Texas jurors that awarded it relied on a faulty theory that point-of-sale manufacturer NCR Corp. was vicariously liable for infringement of two patents belonging to CloudofChange LLC.

The appeals court reversed a subsequent order denying a motion for judgment as a matter of law and vacated the jury’s verdict, according to a precedential opinion issued Wednesday by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

CloudofChange sued NCR in 2019 alleging the company willfully infringed US Patent Nos. 9,400,640 and 10,083,012 through its Silver point-of-sale system, which it ...