Dominion Voltage (DVI) has had its 2016 US federal district court verdict overturned by a US Court of Appeals panel that found grid technology company Alstom did not infringe on DVI's patented technology of using smart meter data to improve control grid voltage, due to a lack of evidence in support of the original jury's verdict. This kind of broad reversal of a jury verdict is relatively rare for appeals courts, which show “great deference to a jury as the fact-finder at trial” according to Justus Getty, a green technology and intellectual property attorney with law firm Duane Morris who reported on the decision last week. The decision was handed down today and is expected to be appealed before the full appeals court.
Dominion Voltage (DVI) has had its 2016 US federal district court verdict overturned by a US Court of Appeals panel that found grid technology company Alstom did not infringe on DVI's patented technology of using smart meter data to improve control grid voltage, due to a lack of evidence in support of the original jury's verdict. The decision was handed down today and is expected to be appealed before the full appeals court.