Illinois Federal Judge Limits Enhanced Patent Damages, Urges Parties To Settle

Mealey's (July 10, 2018, 1:59 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A patent defendant’s motion for summary judgment of noninfringement and patent invalidity was largely denied June 6 by an Illinois federal judge who agreed to strike only the patent owner’s request for willful infringement damages occurring before the defendant’s CEO was notified of the patent’s existence in a phone call (Kolcraft Enterprises v. Chicco USA Inc., No. 09-3339, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 112943)....