Legal Opinion
Odetics, Inc. v. Storage Technology Corp.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided July 17, 1998No. Civ.A. 95-881-APublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
This patent infringement action is again before the Court following a jury’s verdict of wilful literal infringement. 1 Two damages questions are addressed here: (i) whether the patentee, based on the facts of this case, should be awarded enhanced damages in addition to the reasonable royalty already awarded by the jury, and (ii) whether the Court’s earlier laches finding, which truncated the period for which the patentee could recover damages, should be vacated in light of the jury’s finding that the infringer wilfully infringed the patent, i.e., that…
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