U.S. District Court (Texas) Allows Damages Based on Acceptable Data Relied on but Denies Expert Testimony on Running Royalty Analysis on Post-Trial Sales

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Court Case Digests
November 7, 2024
5045 Computers and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software
423430 Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
economic damages & lost profits
damages, expert witness, expert testimony, motion to exclude, infringement

Headwater Rsch. LLC v. Samsung Elecs. Co.
2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 203025; 2024 WL 4712953
US
Federal Court
Texas
United States District Court
Dr. Andreas Groehn , Mr. David Kennedy, Dr. Wesel
Roy S. Payne

Summary

Multiple factors in this decision on motions to exclude expert witnesses have importance in determining infringement damages. First, the court allowed the use and reliance of other experts in the case to be appropriate. Second, the court noted that documents one of the experts used are ones experts normally rely on. Additionally, the court did deny the use by a witness of a trailing royalties based on post-trial sales.

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Headwater Rsch. LLC v. Samsung Elecs. Co.

Multiple factors in this decision on motions to exclude expert witnesses have importance in determining infringement damages. First, the court allowed the use and reliance of other experts in the case to be appropriate. Second, the court noted that documents one of the experts used are ones experts normally rely on. Additionally, the court did deny the use by a witness of a trailing royalties based on post-trial sales.