Patent Law

Each year the Intellectual Property Group at FTI researches and compiles statistics on intellectual property prosecution and litigation. They recently completed updating their statistics charts to include data for 2006.

The charts include:

• Top Patent Damage Awards: 1980 - 2006 (The Polaroid v. Eastman Kodak case that I worked on for three years still remains at #1 at over $800 million.)

Top five from the list are:

1. Polaroid v. Eastman Kodak ($873,158,971)
2. Michelson v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek ($529,000,000)
3. Eolas Technologies v. Microsoft ($521,000,000)
4. City of Hope Medical v. Genentech ($500,100,000)
5. Johnson & Johnson v. Guidant ($425,000,000)

• Top Patent Damage Awards: 2006
• Significant Patent Damage Settlements: 1980 - 2006
• Significant Awards and Settlements - Copyrights/Trademarks/Trade Secrets: 1990 - 2006
• Patent Cases Commenced in U.S. District Courts: FY1997 - FY2006

See the complete set of statistics here.