Textron Wins $279 Million Jury Verdict Over Drone Maker DJI (1)

Textron Innovations Inc. convinced a Texas federal jury that SZ DJI Technology Co. used technology from two of its patents for its popular drones.

A jury in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas’ Waco Division awarded $278.9 million to the Textron Inc. unit, which owns the intellectual property for a conglomerate that includes helicopter manufacturer Bell Textron. DJI, based in China, controls about 70% of the global drone market

After around five hours of deliberations Friday, the jurors, four women and three men, found that DJI willfully infringed Textron’s auto-hover and vehicle tracking patents and also ...