Federal Circuit: No New Trial For DSL Patent Holder After Noninfringement Verdict

( April 28, 2026, 2:47 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed a Texas federal judge’s denial of a technology company’s request for a new merits trial and a new trial on damages; the panel held that substantial evidence supported a jury’s findings that the company failed to show that one of its asserted patents describing digital subscriber line (DSL) technology was infringed and that another asserted patent was invalidated by prior art references....