Legal Opinion
Johns Hopkins University v. CellPro
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided July 24, 1997No. Civil Action 94-105-RRMPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKELVIE, District Judge.
This is a patent case. On March 11, 1997, a jury returned a verdict finding that the defendant, CellPro, Inc., willfully infringed certain claims of plaintiffs’ patents and. awarded $2,320,493 in compensatory damages. Plaintiffs have moved pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 284 for an order increasing the damages to three times the award. This is the court’s decision on that motion.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The Johns Hopkins University owns U.S. Patent No. 4,965,204 (the “ ’204 patent”). Johns Hopkins has licensed the ’204 patent to plaintiff Becton Dickinson…
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- The Johns Hopkins University, Baxter Healthcare Corporation and Becton Dickinson and Company v. Cellpro, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
- F & G Scrolling Mouse, L.L.C. v. IBM Corp.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1999
- Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC v. Gilead Sciences, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 2017
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- Oxford Systems, Inc. v. CellPro, Inc.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1999
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