Legal Opinion
Gaylord v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 4, 2015No. 2014-5020PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TARANTO, Circuit Judge.
On remand from earlier holdings of this court, the Court of Federal Claims held that ten percent of $5.4 million in revenue (which was almost pure profit) was a reasonable royalty for the United States to pay as damages for its unauthorized use of a distinctive copyrighted work on a postage stamp. Finding an adequate basis for the trial court’s determination, we affirm.
Background
Much of the background to the present appeal is detailed in our prior opinions, Gaylord v. United States, 595 F.3d 1364 (Fed.Cir.2010) (Gaylord I), and Gaylord v. United States, 678 F.3d 1339…
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