Top 10 Intellectual Property Verdicts in the United States in 2018

Top 10 Intellectual Property Verdicts in the United States in 2018We are pleased to present to you the list of top 10 plaintiff's intellectual property jury verdicts obtained in the United States in the year 2018. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts.

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Amount:$706,200,000.00
Attorneys:Max L. Tribble, Kalpana Srinivasan, Matthew Behncke, Elisha Barron, Rocco Magni of Susman Godfrey LLP
Case:Title Source Inc. v. HouseCanary Inc.
Type:Breach of Contract, Fraud, Intellectual Property Infringement, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation
State:Texas
2
Amount:$538,641,656.00
Attorneys:William F. Lee, Joseph J. Mueller, Amy K. Wigmore of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP; Nathan B. Sabri of Morrison & Foerster
Case:Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co.
Type:Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation
State:California
3
Amount:$502,600,000.00
Attorneys:Bradley W. Caldwell, Jason D. Cassady, J. Austin Curry, Christopher S. Stewart of Caldwell Cassady & Curry; T. John Ward Jr. of Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC
Case:Virnetx Inc. v. Apple Inc.
Type:Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation
State:Texas
4
Amount:$400,000,000.00
Attorneys:Jason G. Sheasby, Charlotte J. Wen of Irell & Manella LLP; Guy M. Rodgers of Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP; Robert C. Bunt of Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth, P.C.; Elizabeth L. DeRieux of Capshaw DeRieux, LLP
Case:Kaist IP US v. Samsung Electronics Co., et al.
Type:Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation
State:Texas
5
Amount:$268,000,000.00
Attorneys:Brian G. Bodine of Lane Powell PC
Case:Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research v. Cochlear Corp., et al.
Type:Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation
State:California
6
Amount:$145,100,000.00
Attorneys:Brett E. Cooper, Ashley N. Moore, Steven J. Pollinger, Jonathan Yim, Seth R. Hasenour, Robert Cote, Warren Lipschitz, Kevin Schubert, Christopher P. McNett, Drew B. Hollander of McKool Smith
Case:Wi-LAN Inc v. Apple Inc.
Type:Economic Loss, Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation
State:California
7
Amount:$112,452,269.00
Attorneys:Frederick D. Emhardt, Ryan T. Leagre of Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP; Richard K. Helm of Rockhill Pinnick, LLP; Joseph N. Williams of Riley Williams & Piatt, LLC
Case:Sasso v. Medtronic Inc., et al.
Type:Breach of Contract, Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation
State:Indiana
8
Amount:$82,500,000.00
Attorneys:John M. Desmarais, Karim Z. Oussayef, Laurie N. Stempler, Robert C. Harrits, Brian D. Matty, Michael J. X. Matulewicz-Crowley of Desmarais LLP; David E. Moore, Bindu A. Palapura, Stephanie E. O'Byrne of Potter Anderson & Corroon
Case:International Business Machines Corp. v. Groupon Inc.
Type:Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation
State:Delaware
9
Amount:$66,000,000.00
Attorneys:Steven A. Miller, Brian D. Roche, Jennifer Y. DePriest, Lawrence E. James, William R. Overend, Maytak Chin of Reed Smith LLP
Case:Lumileds L.L.C. v. Elec-Tech International Co. Ltd.
Type:Intellectual Property Infringement, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Intentional Tort, Civil Theft, Commercial Litigation
State:California
10
Amount:$53,600,000.00
Attorneys:Gregory C. Scaglione, Elizabeth A. Luebbert of Koley Jessen P.C., L.L.O.; Brooke H. McCarthy, Douglas W. Peters, John P. Passarelli, Matthew S. Noren of Kutak Rock LLP; Alan D. Sege of Alan Sege, Esq. PC; Mark W. Ishman, Laura E. De Santos of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Case:Infogroup, Inc., et al. v. DatabaseUSA.com, L.L.C.
Type:Breach of Contract, Copyright Infringement, False Advertising, Intellectual Property Infringement, Unfair Competition, Unjust Enrichment, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort, Trademark Infringement, Commercial Litigation
State:Nebraska
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