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Hewlett-Packard Company

Cornell University v. HP (Patent Infringement)

Date: 12/27/2001 (Date of Filing)

Misconduct Type: Intellectual Property

Enforcement Agency: Non-Governmental

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $184,044,048

Disposition: Judgment Against Defendant

Synopsis: Cornell University and the Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. alleged that HP's PA-RISC 8000 family of microprocessors, and servers and workstations incorporating those processors, infringed a patent assigned to Cornell Research Foundation. In May 2008, a jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $184 million.