Legal Opinion
Mars, Inc. v. Coin Acceptors, Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided May 22, 2007No. Civil Action 90-0049 (JCL)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION RE: PREJUDGMENT INTEREST ON INFRINGEMENT DAMAGES
LIFLAND, District Judge.
I. Background
On April 20, 2007, the Court ruled that under 35 U.S.C. § 284, Plaintiff Mars, Inc. (“Mars”) is entitled to $14,376,062.00 in damages for Defendant Coin Acceptors, Inc.’s (“Coinco”) infringement of Mars’ U.S. Patent Nos. 3,870,137 (“the '137 patent”), and 4,538,719 (“the '719 patent”). Had Mars licensed its infringed products to Coinco, the Court determined that hypothetical negotiations between the parties would have produced a reasonable royalty rate of 7 percent. When applied to Coinco’s royalty…
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