Lost Profits Expert Challenged for Using 20% Growth Rate in Current Economy

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 16 No. 9
Legal and Court Case Update
September 2010
3715 Truck Trailers
336212 Truck Trailer Manufacturing
contract

Utility Trailer Sales of Kansas City, Inc. v. MAC Trailer Manufacturing, Inc.
2010 WL 1816376 (D. Kan.)
May 3, 2010
US
Federal Court
Federal
United States District Court
Jay R. Hill (plaintiff)
O'Hara

Summary

Court adopts lower end of expert’s reasonable royalty damages for patent infringement, saying it was not persuaded by top-end patent portfolio/lost profits analysis.

See Also

Utility Trailer Sales of Kansas City, Inc. v. MAC Trailer Manufacturing, Inc.

Court qualifies expert’s 20% growth rate in lost profits calculation under Daubert.