CRA’s Chris Bakewell was engaged as an economic damages and licensing expert on behalf of Cloudflare in a Texas district court. Bakewell contributed to the successful defense by helping demonstrate that the plaintiff’s “licensing program” was not legitimate, and that its outdated patents were irrelevant to Cloudflare’s modern infrastructure. The jury sided with Cloudflare, declaring no infringement and invalidating the plaintiff’s asserted patents. Ultimately, the situation reversed: the plaintiff ended up paying Cloudflare and donating its entire patent portfolio to the public.
Econometrics for Intellectual Property disputes
What is econometrics? Econometrics is the application of statistical methods to economic and financial data, utilized for quantifying and rebutting economic...