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More Rigor Needed In Patent Damages Requests, Judges Say
More Rigor Needed In Patent Damages Requests, Judges Say
By Ryan Davis
Law360, Washington (April 03, 2014, 7:17 PM ET) -- Attorneys in patent cases must take a more rigorous, fact-based approach to their requests for damages, particularly when they are seeking huge amounts of money, a panel of judges including the leader of the Federal Circuit said at a conference on Thursday.
The biggest problem in requests for damages in patent cases is that they don't properly analyze the value of small patented components within the context of a larger device, Federal Circuit Chief Judge Randall Rader said at the American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law...