For the second time in about two months, San Antonio’s USAA has won a nine-figure patent infringement case against Wells Fargo Bank.

A federal jury in East Texas awarded USAA $102.8 million in damages Friday after finding Wells Fargo willfully infringed on two USAA patents relating to technology that allows users to deposit checks using mobile devices.

That follows a $200 million verdict delivered by a different jury in USAA’s favor in November in another case against Wells Fargo.

Nathan McKinley, USAA’s vice president of corporate development, said the latest verdict “validates” the company’s position that it created mobile deposit capture technology.

“Wells Fargo, and the rest of the banking industry, has benefited from our technology and we look forward to working with banks to create reasonable and mutually beneficial license agreements,” McKinley said in a statement. “Our goal has always been to be reasonably compensated for the investment in mobile-banking innovation we have made on behalf of our members and the military community.”

Wells Fargo spokeswoman Beth Richek said the bank does not believe it infringed on USAA’s patents and “strongly disagrees” with the verdict.

“We believe this is an industry issue involving numerous other banks that license remote remote mobile deposit technology from the same vendor, not USAA,” she said in an email. “We are considering our options based on the verdict and trial.”

Regarding the $200 million verdict, she said, Wells Fargo has filed post-trial motions contesting the verdict.

Each of the trials involved different patents relating to the remote-deposit technology.

USAA sued San Francisco-based Wells Fargo in June 2018 and again in August of that year.

It was the first time USAA had filed lawsuits after warning in 2017 that it would reach out to banks and credit unions to “pay their fair share” by licensing its patented check-deposit technology.

Nearly every U.S. bank and credit union uses the technology, which USAA says has benefited some 87 million consumers.

“Wells Fargo has been and continues to be a leader in enabling seamless payments and mobile banking experiences, and this ruling has no impact on our customers’ ability to remotely deposit checks or the company’s work to provide innovative tools and technologies to our customers,” Richek said.

The $102.8 million verdict represented the full amount USAA asked the jurors to award. In the November case, USAA asked for $300 million in damages.

The U.S. District Court in Marshall has a reputation for its friendliness to plaintiff filing patent lawsuits, the New York Times reported in 2017. More than 40 percent of patent lawsuits are filed in the court.

USAA has about 13 million members, comprising current and former members of the military.

Patrick Danner is a San Antonio-based staff writer covering banking and civil courts. Read him on our free site, mySA.com, and on our subscriber site, ExpressNews.com. | pdanner@express-news.net | Twitter: @AlamoPD