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The jury that awarded a massive $1.05 billion in damages to Apple used flawed damages theories for half the products that were found to infringe Apple's trademarks and patents, a judge ruled today (PDF).
The ruling by US District Judge Lucy Koh removes some of the sting from the giant verdict, which would have been the largest patent verdict in history if it had stood. Of the 28 infringing products, Koh has ordered a new damages trial to be held on 14 of them "ecause the Court has identified an impermissible legal theory on which the jury based its award and cannot reasonably calculate the amount of excess."
Read more: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/judge-slashes-apples-court-win-against-samsung-by-450m/
The ruling by US District Judge Lucy Koh removes some of the sting from the giant verdict, which would have been the largest patent verdict in history if it had stood. Of the 28 infringing products, Koh has ordered a new damages trial to be held on 14 of them "ecause the Court has identified an impermissible legal theory on which the jury based its award and cannot reasonably calculate the amount of excess."
Read more: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/judge-slashes-apples-court-win-against-samsung-by-450m/