Court Releases Frozen Funds for Defendants Who Made No Infringing Sales in Patent Case

Judge Coleman granted partial default judgment against defendants in Hypertherm's patent infringement case involving plasma arc cutter parts. Court awarded Hypertherm $46,146.60 in lost profits and permanent injunction for infringement of three patents. However, Court released $3,940.83 in frozen funds belonging to thirteen defendants with zero infringing sales and limited asset freezes only to amounts tied to each defendant's specific infringing activities, rejecting blanket asset restraints.