Kioxia Corporation ordered to pay $229 million in damages due to patent infringement
A federal jury in Texas, USA, ruled on Thursday that Kioxia Inc. had infringed on a flash memory-related patent and must pay Viasat Inc. $229 million in damages. A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas found that Kioxia infringed Wyasat's U.S. Patent No. 8,615,700. The judgment stated that the compensation of US$229,025,021 was in the nature of continuing license fees and was only used to compensate for Kioxia’s past infringement losses as of March 30, 2026.