Court orders Bell Helicopter to pay $1.5M in damages to Airbus in a patent fight — Financial Post

MONTREAL — The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court ruling that Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.’s Quebec-based subsidiary pay Airbus SE’s helicopter division $1.5 million for a patent violation. The ruling includes $1 million in punitive damages and $500,000 in compensatory damages tied to its patent for the so-called “Moustache” landing gear. The…

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