In a stunning courtroom showdown, a Delaware federal jury has ordered GoDaddy to pay $170 million after finding that the domain-hosting giant willfully infringed two Express Mobile patents tied to website-building technology.
The verdict, delivered Friday, concluded that GoDaddy violated U.S. Patent Nos. 6,546,397 and 7,594,168, both covering methods for constructing websites. The jury’s decision carried a heavy blow, assigning $100 million in royalties through December 2, 2019, and another $70 million for the period between December 2019 and December 2022.
Express Mobile Declares Victory in Patent Battle
“This is an outstanding result for our client that confirms the value of Express Mobile’s foundational patents,” said Jay Nuttall, lead counsel for Express Mobile and partner at Steptoe LLP. “We are proud to have helped our client achieve this outcome through a total team effort.”
The case highlights the increasingly high stakes of intellectual property litigation in the technology sector, where the right innovation can be worth hundreds of millions of dollars — or more.
