Damages awards in district court patent cases continue to skyrocket – and not just in headline-grabbing cases. In 2013, average awards increased 28% and median awards increased 22% from 2012. What’s going on? How should in-house counsel and law firm litigators respond?
Please join Lex Machina for a live webcast of a panel discussion to mark the release of a special report on trends in damages awards.
Panelists:
Mark Lemley – Professor, Stanford Law School; Partner, Durie Tangri
James Yoon – Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Marta Beckwith – Vice President Legal, Aruba Networks
Renny Hwang – Litigation Counsel, Google
Owen Byrd – General Counsel, Lex Machina (moderator)
The report analyzes trends in awards for reasonable royalties, lost profits, enhanced damages and attorneys fees, by districts, judges, parties, law firms and patents.
Our expert panel will comment on the report’s findings and describe how to employ damages analytics to inform strategy, choose tactics and produce winning results.
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