(November 16, 2015, 12:34 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A decision by the International Trade Commission to impose a civil penalty of $6.2 million against two patent defendants was affirmed Nov. 12 by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (DeLorme Publishing Company et al. v. International Trade Commission, No. 14-1572, Fed. Cir.).

(Decision available. Document #16-151130-003Z.)

According to the majority of Circuit Judges Kimberly A. Moore and Jimmie V. Reyna, by converting and assembling new devices but including instructions for users on how to infringe, defendants DeLorme Publishing Co. Inc. and...