The CAFC has ruled in the past that an infringer’s net profit margin is not the ceiling capping a reasonable royalty (Golight v. WalMart, 2004) and here it again finds a lower court erred by doing just that in Douglas Dynamics v. Buyers Products. …LEARN MORE
On Friday night, a jury in Chicago’s federal courthouse awarded Michael Jordan $8.9 million (of his $10 million claim) for Dominick’s use of his likeness in a magazine ad. The case involved the Illinois Right of Publicity Act and focused on …LEARN MORE
In this case where Microsoft’s Xbox and Kinect sensors are accused of infringing a facial recognition patent, the Virginia court excludes some opinions regarding the use of comparable agreements, the Entire Market Value Rule, and the basis for a lump-sum royalty. Plaintiff’s expert, Walter Bratic, opined that royalty damages should be a running …LEARN MORE
Defendants filed a Daubert motion to exclude a lost profits claim where the expert assumed a 50% market share, based only on his client’s estimates. The district court denied the motion, thus allowing the testimony as long as the expert presents the 50% as assumption, not his opinion. …LEARN MORE
After a jury’s finding of patent infringement, the court rules on a number of pre-(damages)-trial motions, with 3 such rulings of interest. The court first finds that proffered testimony by defendant’s technical expert regarding possible “design arounds” as alternatives to the patented technology “is wholly speculative and, consequently, not helpful …LEARN MORE