Court Affirms Validity of Patent Citation Analysis in Royalty Calculation

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 23 No. 2
BVLaw Case Update
February 2017

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intellectual property
patent infringement, daubert, economic damages & lost profits, georgia-pacific, reasonable royalty
Comcast Cable Communs. v. Sprint Communs. Co.
2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 161623
November 21, 2016
US
Federal Court
Pennsylvania
United States District Court
Michele Riley (plaintiffs); Dr. Alan Cox (defendants)
DuBois

Summary

Court says forward citation method to determine value of patent in suit is not per se unreliable and royalty testimony based on it is admissible under Daubert; also, there is no bright-line rule against use of code- or step-counting for apportionment.

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Court says forward citation method to determine value of patent in suit is not per se unreliable and royalty testimony based on it is admissible under Daubert; also, there is no bright-line rule against use of code- or step-counting for apportionment.