A couple weeks ago, we posted about an interesting pretrial damages ruling in a patent infringement case (actually, several cases) brought by non-practicing entity Wi-LAN against a number of standards-compliant device makers (Sony, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, and HTC). But yesterday, an Eastern District of Texas jury decided that the damages issue was irrelevant, finding that all
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Expert’s damages calculation based on value of entire standards-compliant product violates Entire Market Value rule (Wi-LAN v. Alcatel-Lucent)
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Over the past few years, courts have begun cracking down on improper damages theories. The Federal Circuit’s 2012 opinion in LaserDynamics v. Quanta is instructive on this point, noting that in the absence of evidence that the patented functionality is the source of the demand for the entire product, then damages must be based on…