Client issue
CRA client DoorDash was sued for patent infringement in the Eastern District of Texas, Texarkana Division. The Plaintiff, Fall Line Patents, had licensed over 30 companies in the industry, including DoorDash’s two main competitors, Grubhub and Uber Eats.
CRA approach
A CRA expert provided expert testimony on licensing and economic issues, including usage and the value of the asserted patent. The expert explained that DoorDash’s usage of the asserted patent was minimal, to the extent that there was any. The expert also explained that Fall Line’s licenses involved different economic circumstances than those claimed applied against DoorDash and addressed the limited value of the asserted patent, rebutting the damages theory of Fall Line’s damages expert and other Fall Line witnesses.
Client impact
The jury found that DoorDash did not infringe the patent.
