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A jury in the United States District Court in Eastern District of Texas has reached a verdict in favor of Pioneer Corporation in a patent infringement suit against Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. and two affiliated companies.

The jury awarded damages totaling US$59.3 million to Pioneer. Pioneer commenced this lawsuit in the fall of 2006 and claimed that plasma televisions manufactured by Samsung infringe two patents held by Pioneer concerning plasma display technology.