Court Bristles at Experts’ Hasty Valuation of Debtor
Bankruptcy court denies shareholders’ renewed request for an equity committee, finding neither the debtor nor its creditors are hiding value in their calculation of the total equity value of less than $500 million; expert testimony as to the allegedly und ...
Personalized Media Communications, LLC v. Zynga, Inc.
Court denies defendant’s Daubert motion finding plaintiff expert determined royalty base consistent with plaintiff’s infringement theory that defendant’s entire product infringed and the product was not functional without the patented technology.
Volterra Semiconductor Corp. v. Primarion, Inc.
In a patent case, in a pretrial ruling, the court finds the plaintiff cannot claim direct harm for lost revenues its foreign subsidiary sustained because of the defendants’ infringement by relying on expert testimony that equated the value of the injury d ...
Electro-Mechanical Corp. v. Power Distribution Products, Inc.
In ruling on defendants’ post-trial motion, district court finds plaintiff’s expert improperly invoked the entire market value rule (EMVR) in calculating lost profits because customers did not decide to buy a system containing the patented device simply t ...