WDC Must Pay $315.7 Million in Damages

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Western Digital owes $315.7 million for infringing data security patent,
US jury says storage provider WD must pay $315.7 million in damages for violating a patent owner’s rights in data security technology, a jury in California federal court said on Friday. The jury determined that several Western Digital self-encrypting HDD products infringe a SPEX Technologies patent covering data encryption innovations, a SPEX Attorney said in an email.