Global Traffic Technologies v. Morgan, No. 14-1537 (Fed. Cir. June 4, 2015)

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Global Traffic Technologies, LLC (“GTT”) asserted U.S. Patent No. 5,539,398 (“the ’398 patent”) against Rodney Morgan, KM Enterprises, Inc., and STC, Inc. (collectively, “ Appellants”)1 in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota . At trial, the jury found that Appellants willfully infringed, inter alia , method claims 16 and 17 of the ’398 patent , awarding $5,052,118 in damages .