Intellectual Property
Apr. 2, 2009
HP Damages Ruling May Be Good News for Other Tech Firms
Federal Circuit Judge Randall Rader ruled that the original $184 million award for patent infringement unfairly included royalties on components not covered by the claimed invention. Rader cut the award to $53 million.
Daily Journal Staff Writer A federal judge has slashed a $184 million patent infringement verdict against Palo Alto-based Hewlett-Packard Co. by more than two-thirds, concluding plaintiff Cornell University's damage claim went far beyond the technology in the invention. Randall Rader, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit who was sitting by assignment in New York district court, ruled Cornell failed to prove it was...
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