Civil Procedure
Sep. 24, 2026
Apple agreements surface after two patent trials, undoing $5.6M judgment
U.S. District Judge Trina L. Thompson found Cyntec failed to disclose agreements that barred certain infringement claims involving Apple suppliers, ordering it to pay roughly $5 million in attorney fees and directing its lawyers to explain why they should not face professional-conduct referrals.
A Taiwanese electronics company represented by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati failed to disclose a licensing agreement with Apple that could have changed the course of litigation that's last eight years, including two trials and a $5.6 million verdict, U.S. District Judge Trina L. Thompson found in an order Monday.
Thompson granted defendant Chilisin Electronic Corp.'s motion for relief from judgment under the doctrine of unclean hands, finding that the plaintiffs sh...
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