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Judge reduces damages in Apple v. Samsung, setting the floor at $598M, and offers some guidance to expert witnesses

News, Views and Muse

So far, the Nash Bargaining Solution is no stand-alone substitute for the 25% rule-of-thumb

Retailers with e-commerce websites that rely on shopping carts can breathe a little easier

USPTO Releases New Patent Term Calculator

Damages witnesses need to use "reliable" valuation methods

How do consultants find prior art that patent examiners miss?

Round one of the “appstore” controversy goes to Amazon (and Microsoft … and Google … )

Jury awards Carnegie Mellon University $1.17B in damages

USSC to hear Myriad appeal on the patentability of genes

For a small shop, protecting IP value can present a daunting set of financial realities

Samsung gets to see the details of the HTC/Apple licensing pact

IP value is finally a boardroom discussion

How much is the Kodak digital patent portfolio really worth?

Apple’s phantom apology to Samsung results in a costly rebuke

Apple is deemed an infringer in two, make that three new cases

Vringo wins big in infringement suit against tech behemoths

News, Views and Muse

SMEs who decide to export are exposed to significant IP theft risks

Appeals court affirms that USPTO and the courts can arrive at different decisions with respect to patent invalidity

Google continues to dodge trademark infringement bullets with its AdWords policy

Damages Expert May Only Assume Facts in Evidence

Court strikes expert’s “lost asset value” theory of damages for trademark infringement because it relied entirely on the plaintiff’s allegations that it lost all of its goodwill value due to the defendants’ actions, without adequate proof.

Three seemingly minor international developments affecting IP value may trend back to the U.S.

Probability of success in defending IP is a major input into the value calculus

Working paper from the Fed makes a case against the current patent system