Appellants Seek New Trial On Enhanced, $268M Patent Award

Mealey's (March 29, 2019, 9:25 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A California federal judge abused his discretion in denying a new trial on damages because a jury’s $131,216,325 award, later increased to $268,057,078, failed to value other features in an accused cochlear implant product that are not covered by two patents in suit, two infringement defendants recently told the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research, et al. v. Cochlear Corp., et al., No. 19-1201, Fed. Cir.)....