Legal Opinion
Datascope Corp. v. Smec, Inc., Defendant/cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 7, 1989No. 88-1266, 88-1279, 89-1104 and 89-1154PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Datascope Corp. (Datascope) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 678 F.Supp. 457, 5 USPQ2d 1963 (D.N.J. 1988), requiring SMEC, Inc. (SMEC) to pay reasonable royalty damages of $118,442.05 and finding SMEC’s infringement not willful, and from orders for annually compounded prejudgment interest and post-judgment interest at the Treasury bill rate. We affirm-in-part, reverse-in-part, and remand-in-part the court’s damage award; reverse the finding of nonwillful infringement; remand for determination of enhanced damages…
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