No Automatic Bar to Royalties Accruing After Life of Patent

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Court Case Digests
July 22, 2016
3714 Motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories
336390 Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
intellectual property
damages, lost profits, daubert, expert testimony, admissibility, georgia-pacific, reasonable royalty, reliability, panduit, hypothetical negotiation

3M Innovative Props. Co. v. GDC, Inc.
2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96253
US
Federal Court
Minnesota
United States District Court
Donald Gorowsky (plaintiffs); unknown (defendants)
Frank

Summary

Court finds expert’s use of two-supplier and market share methods as well as Panduit test generate admissible lost profits calculation; court also admits expert’s reasonable royalty analysis, saying it does not include unlawful post-expiration sales.

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3M Innovative Props. Co. v. GDC, Inc.

Court finds expert’s use of two-supplier and market share methods as well as Panduit test generate admissible lost profits calculation; court also admits expert’s reasonable royalty analysis, saying it does not include unlawful post-expiration sales.

No Automatic Bar to Royalties Accruing After Life of Patent

Court finds expert’s use of two-supplier and market share methods as well as Panduit test generate admissible lost profits calculation; court also admits expert’s reasonable royalty analysis, saying it does not include unlawful post-expiration sales.