This post will organize various patent litigation decisions from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (D. Mass.). The focus will be on patent infringement remedies, particularly damages and injunctions. Local Patent Rules Patent Jury Verdicts: Below are the patent jury verdicts from the District of Massachusetts …
Below are district court local patent rules. Specific provisions pertaining to patent damages have been emphasized. Court Local Patent Rules Patent Damages Provision FIRST CIRCUIT District of Massachusetts D. Mass. Local Rules — District of New Hampshire D.N.H. Local Rules — SECOND CIRCUIT Eastern District of New York E.D.N.Y. …
Although the Federal Circuit has “never described the Georgia–Pacific factors as a talisman for royalty rate calculations, district courts regularly turn to this 15–factor list.” Ericsson v. D-Link. The factors derive from Georgia-Pacific v. U.S. Plywood. The Federal Circuit does “not require that witnesses use any or all of the Georgia–Pacific …
This post will organize various patent litigation decisions from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (D.N.J.). The focus will be on patent infringement remedies, particularly damages and injunctions. Local Patent Rules Patent Jury Verdicts: Below are the patent jury verdicts from the District of …
This post will organize various patent litigation decisions from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (N.D. Ill.). The focus will be on patent infringement remedies, particularly damages and injunctions. Local Patent Rules Patent Jury Verdicts: Below are the patent jury verdicts from the Northern …
This post will organize various patent litigation decisions from the United States District Court for the Central District of California (C.D. Cal.). The focus will be on patent infringement remedies, particularly damages and injunctions. Local Patent Rules (Judge Andrew J. Guilford) Local Patent Rules (Judge Otis D. Wright II) …
Amgen v. Hospira was decided on December 16, 2019 on appeal from the District of Delaware. Following the biosimilar trial, the jury found some patent claims (and not others) infringed and awarded plaintiff Amgen a reasonable royalty lump sum of $70 million. “Of the twenty-one accused drug substance batches, the …
TCL Communication v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson was decided on December 5, 2019 on appeal from the Central District of California. Following a bench trial, the district court determined that declaratory defendant Ericsson’s proposed offers were not “fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory” (FRAND). “Over Ericsson’s repeated assertions of its jury trial right,” …
VirnetX v. Apple is a nonprecendential case decided on November 22, 2019 on appeal from the Eastern District of Texas. The district court entered summary judgment for plaintiff VirnetX on invalidity, determining that defendant Apple was precluded from pressing its proposed invalidity challenges because of previous litigation between the parties. The …
Chrimar Systems v. ALE U.S. is a nonprecedential case decided on September 19, 2019 on appeal from the Eastern District of Texas. After a jury trial returned a verdict against defendant ALE in a case involving four patents, the district court entered a judgment awarding plaintiff Chrimar damages and post-verdict ongoing royalties. …