Cornell University v. Hewlett-Packard Co.
District court sets forth three-part test to justify the use of the entire market value rule in the context of a reasonable royalty; it includes a showing from the plaintiff that the infringing components represent the basis for customer demand for the en ...
Court Questions Expert’s Objectivity, Methodology in Reasonable Royalty Valuation
Expert's methodology, credentials, called into question in reasonable royalty valuation.
Michael Bowling v. Hasbro, Inc.
Expert's methodology, credentials, called into question in reasonable royalty valuation.
Ericsson, Inc. v. Harris Corp.
The U.S. Court of Federal Appeals affirmed an award of lost profits for patent infringement and price erosion. It found that the award was established by testimony from a CPA who established the markets using sound economic evidence, even though it was ba ...
Lost Profits for Lost Sales and Price Erosion Considered
The U.S. Court of Federal Appeals affirmed an award of lost profits for patent infringement and price erosion. It found that the award was established by testimony from a CPA who established the markets using sound economic evidence, even though it was ba ...
Troy Shockley v. Arcan, Inc., et al.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed an award of lost profits for Arcan’s infringement of Shockley’s patent. The Federal Circuit found that the lost profits evidence was unsubstantiated because it was based on sales Shockley assumed ...
Celeritas Technologies, Ltd. v. Rockwell International Corporation
The Federal Circuit affirmed a jury's damage award for patent infringement and breach of agreement to share communications technology. The damages were based on a hypothetical lump-sum paid-up license, whose fee was determined using the royalty rate comm ...
Total Containment, Inc. v. Environ Products, Inc.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania awarded Total Containment damages based on a reasonable royalty for Eviron's infringement of their patent. The court found that the starting point was 1/4 of the available profit. It adjus ...
Century Wrecker Corp. v. E.R. Buske Manufacturing Company, Inc.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa denied the plaintiff's motion in limine to exclude evidence regarding what the defendant's would be able to afford as a reasonable royalty in this patent infringement case. The court permitted the ...