Jury Finds In Valve’s Favor On All Counts In ‘Patent Troll’ Case

( February 19, 2026, 2:21 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — A federal jury in Washington held that video game entity Valve Corp. showed that a claim of a patent held by an entity Valve called a “patent troll” was invalid and that the defendant entities’ breach of contract was material; the jury found Valve is owed nearly $160,000 in damages....