Intellectual Property
Jun. 9, 2016
Large patent verdict wiped out by San Jose judge
A federal judge wiped out a $200 million jury verdict awarded to Merck & Co. Inc. after finding that one of the drugmaker's patent attorneys committed "egregious misconduct" in litigation against Gilead Sciences Inc.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A federal judge wiped out a $200 million jury verdict awarded to Merck & Co. Inc. after finding that one of the drugmaker's patent attorneys was "dishonest and duplicitous" and committed "egregious misconduct" in litigation against Gilead Sciences Inc.
The scathing order by U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman of San Jose tore into Merck and retired in-house patent prosec...
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