HICKORY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#CommScope--CommScope, a global leader in network connectivity, secured another significant win in its litigation with Dali Wireless (�Dali�). CommScope received a favorable ruling from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The ruling affirms a lower court judgment that Dali Wireless (�Dali�) willfully infringed five CommScope patents, maintaining the injunction and $6 million enhanced damages against Dali. The ruling also reversed the judgment on a Dali patent, erasing $6.6 million that was awarded to Dali. Following this appeal ruling, the damages awarded nets-out to approximately $3.5 million in CommScope�s favor.

The Federal Circuit ruling follows a lengthy patent infringement suit that was initiated by CommScope in 2016. CommScope enforced five digital distributed antenna system (DAS) patents against Dali�s tSeries and Matrix products. Dali responded by filing two patent infringement counterclaims. Dali asserted one patent (U.S. Patent No. 9,031,521) against CommScope�s FlexWave Prism and a second patent (U.S. Patent No. 9,531,473) against an early version of CommScope�s ION-E product. Following a jury trial, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a judgment addressing each party�s patents. CommScope filed an appeal on the judgment addressing Dali�s two patents. Dali filed an appeal on the judgment addressing CommScope�s patents. The Federal Circuit denied Dali�s appeal, thus securing the judgment that Dali Wireless (�Dali�) willfully infringed five CommScope patents.

�CommScope builds world-class communications networks for large venues around the world,� said Matt Melester, chief technology officer for CommScope�s Venue and Campus Networks. �We are pleased with the Federal Circuit ruling. This ruling locks in our first objective for this appeal which was to preserve CommScope�s complete win on each of its five patents.�

As to Dali�s two patents, CommScope�s appeal was successful as to �521 patent asserted against CommScope�s Flexwave Prism product. The Federal Circuit found no infringement, reversing the judgment of the lower court that CommScope�s Flexwave Prism product infringed the �521 patent.

�This reversal on Dali�s 521 patent eliminates the bulk of damages awarded to Dali,� said Matt Melester. �By this win against Dali�s �521 patent, we achieved our second objective that the damages awarded nets-out in CommScope�s favor.�

As to Dali�s �473 patent, the Patent Office has already ruled that the asserted claims are invalid in a parallel Inter Partes Review proceeding. Dali has filed an appeal of that ruling.

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