Intellectual Property
Jun. 22, 2012
Ruling could make proving willfullness harder in infringement cases
Large monetary damages in patent lawsuits may be harder to get after an appeals court ruling directed judges - not juries - to decide a key question of whether infringement is willful.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Large monetary damages in patent lawsuits may be harder to get after an appeals court ruling directed judges - not juries - to decide a key question of whether infringement is willful.
A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit panel last week vacated a $371 million ruling in a medical device case, sending the case back to the trial court to determine whether it properly decided that W.L. Gore ...
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