Failure to Object to Jury Award Loses Potential Millions in Royalties

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 15 No. 8
Legal and Court Case Update
August 2009
3841 Surgical and Medical Instruments and Apparatus
339112 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
intellectual property

DePuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc.
2009 WL 1529603 (C. A. Fed. (Mass.)
June 1, 2009
US
Federal Court
Federal Circuit
United States Court of Appeals
André J Bahou, Calvin P Griffith, Dirk D Thomas, Greer N Shaw, Gregory A Castanias, John K Warren, Lauren B Fletcher, Luke L Dauchot, Mark C Fleming, Patrick J Norton, Richard W O'Neill, Seth P Waxman, Sydenham B Alexander, Timothy R Shannon, William G Mc
Linn

Summary

Plaintiff keeps lost profits for patent infringement, but loses damages for “pull through” products and also millions in reasonable royalties, for failure to timely object to inconsistent jury verdict.

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DePuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc.

Plaintiff keeps lost profits for patent infringement, but loses damages for “pull through” products and also millions in reasonable royalties, for failure to timely object to inconsistent jury verdict.