Court Nixes Royalty Calculation Relying on Unalike Prior Licenses

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 22 No. 11
BVLaw Case Update
November 2016
5571 Motorcycle Dealers
441228 Motorcycle, ATV, and All Other Motor Vehicle Dealers
intellectual property
trademark infringement, daubert, expert testimony, admissibility, reasonable royalty, rule 702, reliability, license agreement

Arctic Cat v. Sabertooth Motor Group
2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 105583
August 9, 2016
US
Federal Court
Minnesota
United States District Court
Unknown (plaintiff); Melissa Snelson (defendants)
Tunheim

Summary

Court says prior licensing agreements undergirding expert’s hypothetical reasonable royalty have no bearing on what the parties would have negotiated for the trademark in dispute; court finds calculation too speculative to assist jury and excludes it.

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Court Nixes Royalty Calculation Relying on Unalike Prior Licenses

Court says prior licensing agreements undergirding expert’s hypothetical reasonable royalty have no bearing on what the parties would have negotiated for the trademark in dispute; court finds calculation too speculative to assist jury and excludes it.