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New PWC Patent Litigation Survey Shows Trial Success Rate Highest Ever

A link to the PWC report is here.  Summary of relevant findings:

  • median damage award has remained steady over the years when adjusted for inflation.
  • Significant difference in success rates and size of awards between bench trials and jury cases is driving more jury trials.
  • Primary measure of damages: reasonable royalty.
  • Overall success rate in recent years has hovered at 40%, with one third of those being resolved on summary judgement.
  • About one third of all judgements/decision are appealed, and of those about two thirds get modified or reversed.
Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 10:37AM by Registered CommenterTim Feathers in , | CommentsPost a Comment

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