secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Gen Digital Inc. (GEN)
CIK:        0000849399
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-22-054938
Event type: litigation
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NortonLifeLock hit with $185M jury verdict for patent infringement; will appeal, cease using technology
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- Federal jury awarded Columbia University $185M in damages for willful infringement of two patents (U.S. 8,601,322 and 8,074,115).
- Patents cover SONAR/BASH behavioral protection tech used in Norton Security and Symantec Endpoint Protection products.
- NortonLifeLock will cease use of the infringing technology and intends to appeal the verdict.
- Damages may be enhanced by court; formal judgment not yet entered.
- Jury also found no fraudulent concealment on a third patent but deemed two Columbia professors co-inventors (no damages awarded).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000110465922054938/0001104659-22-054938-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849399/000110465922054938/tm2214286d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-054938

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