Legal Opinion
Muniauction, Inc. v. Thomson Corp.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 31, 2007No. Civil Action 01-1003PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
LANCASTER, District Judge.
This is' an action in patent infringement. On October 5, 2006, a jury found that defendants willfully infringed plaintiffs patent and awarded plaintiff more than $38 million in lost profit damages. In doing so, the jury rejected defendants’ contention that the asserted patent claims were obvious, and therefore, invalid.
Following trial, the court met with counsel, which included new counsel for defendants, and encouraged the parties to resolve their dispute. To that end, the court referred the case to retired United States District Judge Donald E.…
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