Brian Andreas v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit determined that a copyright infringer’s profits could be recovered by the copyright holder for indirect infringement to the extent that the infringer benefited from the infringement. Volkswagen’s advertisin ...
McRoberts Software, Inc. v. Media 100, Inc.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a jury's award of lost profits and actual damages in McRoberts suit for copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract. McRoberts developed software to run on a Macin ...
How to value lost profits and economic damages
This article describes the general approaches to the analysis of intellectual property (IP), such as trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets, for purposes of estimating lost profits and economic damages.
The Three Boys Music Corporation v. Michael Bolton, et al.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's determination of the amount of damages due in this copyright infringement action. It agreed with the lower court that income taxes were deductible from the award of profits if the infringer ...
Empirical support for IP valuations
The Financial Valuation Group has developed a database of empirical research on intellectual property. The database is searchable by various keywords such as licensing agreements, royalty, trademark, patent, intellectual property, or copyright.
Douglas A. Johnson v. Theresa C. Jones, et al.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan calculated an architect's damages under the Lanham Act for defendant's willful infringement of his architectural drawings. The damages against both defendant builder and architect were calculat ...