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Monsanto’s award based solely on reasonable royalty

Judge Posner differentiates ‘disabling’ defects from mere ‘weaknesses’ in patent damages

Protecting trade secrets is an expensive and arduous task

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1st Apple v. Motorola (under Google) result is a victory for the trial court judge

Oracle v. Google is over (for now), leaving case law that could change patent damages

Jury finds Oracle unable to prove Google infringed on its patents

Federal Circuit allows discovery of patent infringement settlement negotiations

University of Pennsylvania seeks over $1B in alleged IP theft

How much is a customer worth?

Uniloc expert fails to analyze sufficiently comparable licenses

$1.33 billion damages award for copyright infringement fails for lack of “real world” comparables

Conceptus prevails in its patent infringement lawsuit against archrival Hologic

PWC releases report on 2011 patent litigation, contrasts reasonable royalty rates with lost profits

Google’s own email and court filing hints at willful infringement of Oracle patents

BVR publishes first-of-its-kind case law compendium on intellectual property valuation disputes

Trade secrets protections continue to flourish

Oracle v. SAP damages award thrown out

Expert’s ‘Judgment’ in Selecting Growth Rate Needs Proof of Guiding Principles

Court declines to reconsider Daubert ruling, finding the expert failed to support his selection of the growth rate in lost profits calculations with reliable, guiding principles.

What license agreements are relevant to determine a reasonable royalty?

Non-practicing entity slammed by CAFC

Is it strike three for Google in their attempt to avoid a finding of willful infringement?

Spotify’s entering the U.S. market highlights several IP valuation issues

Nokia financials reveal Apple’s royalty fee and some sobering truths

Microsoft’s software bundling may suffer soon from the law of unintended consequences