Data storage provider Western Digital must pay $315.7 million in damages for violating a patent owner's rights in data security technology, a jury in California federal court said on Friday.

Western Digital Corp. owes SPEX Technologies Inc. $315.7 million for infringing a patent covering encryption technology.

Western Digital lost a $315.7 million lawsuit over PCMCIA and Compact Flash patents infringed by Ultrastar, My Book, and My Passport products.

Western Digital Ordered to Pay $315.7 Million for Patent Infringement Meta Description: A California jury ruled that Western Digital infringed a SPEX Technologies patent on data security technology, resulting in

The jury determined that several Western Digital self-encrypting hard drive products infringe a SPEX Technologies patent covering data encryption innovations, a SPEX attorney said in an email. San Jose,