RJLF Wins $673 Million Total Award for Kove Against AWS

Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP (RJLF), an elite majority women-owned trial boutique, won post-trial motions for a total award of $673 million on behalf of Kove IO, Inc. against Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS).

On August 20, 2024, the final judgment was announced by Judge Matthew Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The judgment upheld a $525 million patent infringement verdict and ordered an additional $­­148 million in interest.

This dispute dates back to 2018, when RJLF filed suit on behalf of Kove, a company established by two University of Chicago Ph.D. graduates and co-inventors.

The Kove trial team included RJLF attorneys Courtland Reichman, Christine Lehman, Shawna Ballard, Khue Hoang, Amy Ruhland, Jennifer Estremera, Jaime Cardenas-Navia, Gina Cremona, Adam Adler, Taylor Mauze, Philip Eklem, Savannah Carnes, Naveed Hasan, Navid Bayar, and Brian Baran.

The press release on the original verdict can be found here.

The case is Kove IO, Inc. v. Amazon Web Services, Inc., case number 1-18-cv-08175 (N.D.IL).