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Interesting Delay: Prejudgment Interest Accrues Despite Unreasonable Delay

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a decision on enhanced damages and prejudgment interest, concluding that the district court correctly applied the appropriate standard for enhanced damages in accordance...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Why Patents Can Matter In Trade Secret Cases

Why should companies considering trade secret litigation consider their patent portfolios? After all, trade secrets, by definition, are secret. They have value in the marketplace by virtue of not being disclosed. And like the...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - January 2019 #2

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - WesternGeco LLC v. Ion Geophysical Corp., Appeal Nos. 2013-1527, 2014-1121, -1526, -1528 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 11, 2019) - In the continuing saga between WesternGeco and ION Geophysical, a Federal...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Jury Verdict of $145 Million Reduced to $10 Million Based on Expert’s Failure to Properly Apportion

On January 3, 2019, following a jury’s award of $145 million in damages to Wi-LAN, the Southern District of California granted Apple’s motion for a conditional order of remittitur to a $10 million damages award. In granting...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

WesternGeco v. ION Geophysical Corp. and Lost Profit Damages under § 271(f)

An introduction to § 271 - Section 271 of Title 35 of the United States Code is the statute that codifies unlawful acts of patent infringement. The most commonly asserted provisions are § 271(a) (direct infringement), §...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Cloud Cybersecurity New Hot Area For Patent Disputes: Blue Coat Systems In Major Patent Battle On Its Cloud-Based Security...

Today’s threats against enterprise and personal data are more formidable and advanced than ever. Over the past decade the cybersecurity industry has rapidly expanded in response to the need for increased online and...more

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

Need for Illumination of Maximum Recovery Rule Warrants Interlocutory Appeal

Chief Judge Patti B. Saris of the District of Massachusetts recently issued an order paving the way for the Trustees of Boston University to seek an interlocutory appeal to clarify the Maximum Recovery Rule for remittitur....more

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