---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-189180"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVY"
cik: "0000008818"
company_name: "Avery Dennison Corp"
filed_at: "2023-07-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T06:44:29.222101+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avery Dennison loses patent retrial vs ADASA; liability range may exceed $71M

## Summary
- Jury on July 18, 2023, found ADASA's patent valid, rejecting Avery's anticipation/obviousness defenses.
- Potential liability may be modestly above previously disclosed range of $5M to $71M.
- Company plans to appeal any judgment based on the jury verdict.
- Avery has largely completed migration to alternative RFID encoding methods.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-189180
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVY
- cik: 0000008818
- company_name: Avery Dennison Corp
- filed_at: 2023-07-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000119312523189180/0001193125-23-189180-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8818/000119312523189180/d511213d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-189180.txt

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