Calculating Patent Damages: Trends in Reasonable Royalty Rates and Apportionment
$295
About the Course
This course immerses the listener in judicial decisions that govern acceptable methodologies for formulating reasonable royalty rates and apportioning the royalty base.
This webinar is essential for patent damages experts, patent litigators, and patentees likely to assert their patents in high-stakes disputes.
Recent appellate and district court decisions have significantly reshaped how damages experts must present and defend their analyses.
Recent patent damages decisions discussed include:
- •Apple Inc. v. Motorola, Inc.
- •Ericsson, Inc. v. D-Link Systems, Inc.
- •Exmark Mfg. Co. v. Briggs & Stratton Power Products Group, LLC
- •AstraZeneca AB v. Apotex Corp.
- •CSIRO v. Cisco Systems, Inc.
- •LaserDynamics, Inc. v. Quanta Computer, Inc.
- •Finjan, Inc. v. Blue Coat Systems, Inc.
- •VirnetX, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc.
- •University of Pittsburgh v. Varian Medical Systems
- •Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.
Among the issues examined:
- •Whether a reasonable royalty rate can ever be 0%
- •Smallest salable unit versus Entire Market Value Rule analysis
- •Time constraints for damages experts presenting testimony at trial
- •Whether patents with more claims justify higher damages awards
- •Selecting and applying Georgia-Pacific factors
- •Challenges in presenting comparable license evidence
- •Strategic tradeoffs between pursuing maximum damages versus appearing reasonable to the jury
Course Leader
Cass W. Christenson
Partner, Dentons
Mr. Christenson has more than nineteen years of experience in complex, high-stakes litigation, including numerous trials and appeals. He previously led McKenna Long’s Trade Secrets and IP Litigation practice.
His practice focuses on asserting and defending claims involving trade secrets, patents, trademarks, and other intellectual property across a wide range of industries,
including aerospace, defense, telecommunications, banking, medical devices, and consumer products.
Mr. Christenson regularly represents clients in matters involving misappropriation of trade secrets and proprietary information and is experienced in securing protective
agreements and orders, with and without litigation.