A past dismissal with prejudice does not preclude an injunction on the dismissed conduct

This opinion was superseded.    Asetek Danmark v. CMI USA was decided on December 6, 2016 on appeal from the Northern District of California. Plaintiff Asetek prevailed at trial, receiving a judgment of infringement and of no invalidity, plus a damages award against defendant CMI of $404,941 on a 14.5% royalty rate. The district …

Knowledge of the grandparent patent provides no actual notice for pre-issuance damages

Rosebud v. Adobe was decided on February 9, 2016 on appeal from the District of Delaware. The suit revolved around the ‘280 patent, a continuation of the ‘699 patent, which itself is a continuation of the ‘760 patent (the grandparent patent). There, the district court granted defendant-Adobe’s motion for summary judgment that …

For standard-essential patent damages, courts must discount the value of standardization

Scientific v. Cisco was decided on December 3, 2015 on appeal from the Eastern District of Texas. There, the patent-in-suit concerned wireless local area network technology, and was included in the 802.11a “Wi-Fi” standard (first published in 1999).  Around 2003, plaintiff Scientific developed a form license offer (“the Rate Card”), which it …

If both § 289 and § 284 damages are sought, the jury must consider the infringer’s total profits

Nordock v. Systems was decided on September 29, 2015 on appeal from the Eastern District of Wisconsin. There, a jury found defendant Systems infringed plaintiff Nordock’s design patent, and that the patent was not invalid. Nordock’s damages expert testified that System’s net profit for the sale of the infringing items was …

Expert methodology is admissible despite being neither published nor peer reviewed

Summit 6 v. Samsung was decided on September 21, 2015 on appeal from the Northern District of Texas. The patent relates to the processing and uploading of digital photos. The jury found plaintiff Summit’s patent not invalid and infringed, and awarded Summit $15 million in damages. Summit settled with another defendant, RIM, before trial. …