Pavo Solutions LLC v. Kingston Technology Company, Inc., No. 21-1834 (Fed. Cir. June 3, 2022)

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Kingston Technology Company, Inc. (“Kingston”) ap- peals the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Cal- ifornia’s judgment that Kingston willfully infringed claims 1, 4, and 24 of U.S. Patent No. 6,926,544 (“the ’544 patent”) and awarding $7,515,327.40 in compensatory damages, en- hanced by 50 percent. We affirm. BACKGROUND I The ’544 patent is generally directed to “[a] flash memory apparatus having a single body type rotary cover.” ’544 patent Abstract.