Sentences with phrase «on willful infringement»

The biggest deal here, by far, is Apple's loss on willful infringement, where if the jury's finding of willfulness was upheld and taken to its limit, it could have resulted in $ 3 billion in damages awarded to Apple.

Not exact matches

If both sides, through their eyes and their people's eyes, have concluded that the plaintiff is absolutely going to win this case, and the plaintiff is going to get a lot of money because they're totally on board with everything that has been presented, then that might be a good reason for the defendant to agree to a settlement with the plaintiff for less money than the potential exposure if the jury comes back and finds willful infringement.

If someone plays music without permission, they are infringing on the copyright, and copyright law allows the owner to recover damages ranging from $ 750 per violation, to $ 150,000 if a court decides the infringement was willful.

[2] It should also be noted that the Federal Circuit has ruled similarly on the issue of enhanced damages for willful infringement — that a reasonable belief that a patent is invalid prevents the satisfaction of the first, objective recklessness prong under Seagate (497 F. 3d 1360 (Fed.

In finding no willful infringement, Judge Koh overruled the jury's decision on the issue.

There were only six awards granted between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2012 on contested, patent - specific judgments in the same period, where the judgment was predicated on litigation misconduct or frivolous, bad faith litigation and not on default, willful infringement, or inequitable conduct before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The jury also found that Apple proved by clear and convincing evidence that Samsung infringement was willful as to all the utility patents at issue, in addition to the design patents on the iPhone.