Commonwealth Scientific & Indus. Research Org. v. Cisco Sys., Inc., No. 15-1066 (Fed. Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) filed the instant suit for infringement of CSIRO’s U.S. Patent No. 5,487,069 (“’069 patent”) against Cicso Systems, Inc. The district court accepted a joint stipulation that Cisco would not contest infringement or validity. After a bench trial on damages, the district court awarded entered judgment for CSIRO in the amount of $16,243,067. Cisco appealed, challenging the district court’s damages award. The Federal Circuit vacated the district court’s judgment and remanded for the district court to revise its damages award, holding (1) the methodology employed by the district court in this case was not contrary to damages law; but (2) the district court erred in not accounting for the ‘069 patent’s standard-essential status and in its reasons for discounting a relevant license agreement. Remanded for the district court to revise its damages award.
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