A Delaware jury has awarded $26.4 million to a competitor of Mary Kay Cosmetics in a patent case involving three skin care patents. What’s interesting about this case — aside from the $26.4 million damages award — is that it shows the extent of monetary damages that can arise from even such mundane products as
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Microsoft Dodges Half-Billion Dollar Bullet — For Now.
By Philip P. Mann on
Well, the long-awaited decision in Eolas Technologies, Inc., et al. v. Microsoft Corp. was handed down by the Federal Circuit today. The good news for Microsoft is that the case is remanded for further consideration of its invalidity and inequitable conduct defenses. The half-billion dollar jury award against MS thus goes away, for now. The…