Despite the clerk’s entry of default against Hong Kong-based defendant iAqua Limited for its failure to formally respond to the patentees’ February 1, 2022 Complaint, federal district court Judge Smith in the Southern District of Florida twice denied patentees’ motions for default judgment and, on January 31, 2025, dismissed the patent infringement lawsuit.

In a recent January 15, 2025 order, federal district court Judge Alan D. Albright in the Western District of Texas concluded post-trial briefing in the long-running patent dispute between high-volume plaintiff ACQIS LLC (ACQIS) and Taiwan-based ASUSTeK Computer, Inc. (ASUS) and ASUS Global Pte. Ltd. (ASGL) (collectively, “Defendants”). In his final judgment order, Judge Albright closely adopted ACQIS’s proposed language and cemented the jury’s determination from late March of 2024 that Defendants were liable for nearly US$18M in damages, as well as over US$2M in prejudgment interest.