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Re: no one will want to go to court

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no one will want to go to court

calcruiser

posted on Feb 06, 2009 03:38PM

Exactly right. Trials by jury can be very unpredictable and very expensive, as this case indicates.

Why risk $22 million if you can get away with $5 or $10 million ?

Juries love David and Goliath situations.

Cordis Hit With $22M Verdict In Stent Patent Case

Law360, New York (February 05, 2009) -- A federal jury has found that Johnson & Johnson unit Cordis Corp. infringed a patent for a stent-cutting machine held by Spectralytics Inc. and awarded the latter company $22.35 million.

The jury in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota returned its verdict Monday, following a trial that began on Jan. 13. The jury found that the infringement of...

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