United Services Automobile Association v. PNC Bank N.A.

  1. March 21, 2023

    Judge Upholds $218M Jury Loss Against PNC In Patent Case

    A Texas federal judge has denied PNC Bank's fight against a $218.4 million verdict in a patent case involving USAA, while also denying the association's argument that it should get a new damages trial after winning a separate $4.3 million verdict.

  2. January 30, 2023

    PNC Says PTAB Win Unravels $218M Jury Loss

    PNC Bank says a decision the company won at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is enough to wipe the entirety of a $218 million jury verdict the bank lost last year in a courthouse in Marshall, Texas.

  3. January 20, 2023

    PNC Deals Blow Against Patent Tied To $218M Loss

    PNC Bank says that a $218.5 million verdict the banking giant lost last year in Texas federal court "cannot stand" after a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling gutted claims in one of the patents that had gone in front of the jury.

  4. December 22, 2022

    The Top Patent Damages Awards Of 2022

    Patent owners won relatively modest damages awards in their infringement battles in 2022, marking a departure from the massive verdicts and judgments handed down by juries and judges over the previous two years.

  5. October 19, 2022

    USAA Says Attys Talked Over Any 'Tainted' Testimony

    San Antonio-based United Services Automobile Association is fighting back against accusations that a $218 million patent verdict it won against PNC Bank NA was "tainted" by testimony jurors should not have heard, telling U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap that "counsel for both sides stood up and spoke loudly over it."

  6. September 20, 2022

    PNC Pins $218M Patent Loss On 'Tainted' Verdict

    PNC Bank launched its latest attack Tuesday on a $218 million patent infringement battle it lost against a Texas rival that owns patents covering a way of using smartphones to deposit checks, saying the verdict was "tainted" because jurors purportedly found out that Wells Fargo already lost a case over the same patent.

  7. August 19, 2022

    Gilstrap Won't Save PNC From $218M USAA Patent Loss

    U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap has denied PNC Bank's bid to scrap United Services Automobile Association's $218 million jury infringement verdict win against it, rejecting PNC's argument that the infringement claims are barred due to prosecution history estoppel and USAA's alleged bad faith.

  8. May 13, 2022

    USAA Scores $218M Win Against PNC In Check Patent Trial

    An Eastern District of Texas jury found Friday that PNC Bank willfully infringed four USAA mobile check deposit patents and awarded $218.45 million, the latest in a series of nine-figure jury wins for USAA in patent cases over the technology.

  9. May 05, 2022

    IP Forecast: Redfin Heads To Trial Over 3D Patents

    Real estate lister Redfin is going to trial next week in front of Western District of Texas Judge Alan Albright to fight a patent suit from its former CEO’s new company over 3D rendering technology. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters facing the courts in the coming week.

  10. May 04, 2022

    EDTX Judge Recommends Axing PNC's Alice Defense

    An Eastern District of Texas magistrate judge has recommended tossing PNC Bank's invalidity defense ahead of an upcoming patent trial over USAA's mobile deposit technology, finding that the banking giant overgeneralized the image processing software.