CRA provided an expert opinion on damages in breach of contract litigation concerning the alleged improper grant of a patent sublicense. CRA identified the limited set of rights that would have been necessary to perform the allegedly improper development activity, based on a hypothetical negotiation between the parties, taking into account the willingness of the licensor to grant such a sublicense, and other market indicators of the value of such a sublicense.
A look at Chinese courts’ new approach to IP damages
In this Law360 article, Fei Deng, Hong Qiao, and Yi Cheng examine the trend of Chinese courts toward awarding larger non-statutory damage awards in IP cases....