Deere’s Wirtgen wins $12.9 mln from Caterpillar in road-construction patent trial
Deere & Co subsidiary Wirtgen America convinced a federal jury in Delaware on Thursday that construction rival Caterpillar must pay $12.9 million in damages for violating its patent rights in road-building technology. The jury determined that Caterpillar’s road-milling machines, which remove the surfaces of roads before repaving them, infringe five Wirtgen patents, a spokesperson for… Read More »Deere’s Wirtgen wins $12.9 mln from Caterpillar in road-construction patent trial