Top 20 Intellectual Property Verdicts in the United States in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 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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| 1 | |
| 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 |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $43,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan Grimaldi, Kfir B. Levy of Mayer Brown LLP; Geoffrey P. Culbertson of Patton, Tidwell & Culbertson, L.L.P. |
| Case: | Maxell Ltd. v. ZTE Corp. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Texas |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $35,417,685.00 |
| Attorneys: | Karen L. Pascale, Pilar G. Kraman of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP; Philip W. Marsh, Edward Han, John E. Nilsson, Matthew M. Wolf, Marc A. Cohn of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP |
| Case: | Boston Scientific Corp., et al. v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Delaware |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $34,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey M. Gould, Matthew J. Oppenheim, Corey Miller, Michele Harrington Murphy of Oppenheim + Zebrak, LLP |
| Case: | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Book Dog Books, LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Copyright Infringement, Intellectual Property Infringement, Intentional Tort, Trademark Infringement, Commercial Litigation, Counterfeit Products |
| State: | New York |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $30,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey M. Fisher, Stephanie P. Skaff, Eugene Y. Mar, Alex Reese, Erik C. Olson, Julia F. Kropp of Farella Braun + Martel LLP |
| Case: | BladeRoom Group Limited v. Facebook, Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Conspiracy, Intellectual Property Infringement, Unfair Business Practices, Unfair Competition, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | California |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $26,728,247.00 |
| Attorneys: | Derek C. Walter, Edward R. Reines, Hannah L. Jones, Christopher J. Cox of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP |
| Case: | Verinata Health, Inc. & Illumina vs. Ariosa Diagnostics |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | California |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $25,247,350.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen E. Morrissey, Ravi Doshi, Davida Brook, Brian D. Melton of Susman Godfrey LLP |
| Case: | Hinrichs & Associates v. Beats Electronics L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Intellectual Property Infringement, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | California |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $23,930,718.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan of Farnan LLP; Amanda Branch, Christopher S. Lavin, Derek C. Walter, Edward R. Reines, Robert T. Vlasis of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP |
| Case: | Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., et al. v. 10X Genomics Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Delaware |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $14,848,314.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jennifer J. Bock, Lisa A. Schwartz, Elias C. Schwartz of Law Firm of Elias C. Schwartz PLLC |
| Case: | Recovery Racing III L.L.C. v. Bespoke Motor Grp. |
| Type: | Conspiracy, Fraud, Intellectual Property Infringement, Tortious Interference, Unfair Competition, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Bribery |
| State: | New York |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $11,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steve Garlock, Alan H. Norman, David B. Jinkins, Michael L. Nepple, Katherine E. Colvin of Thompson Coburn LLP; James S. Coons, Steven F. Gooby of Ansa Assuncao LLP |
| Case: | Nite Glow Industries, et al. v. Central Garden & Pet, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation, Promissory Estoppel |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $10,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Samuel F. Baxter, Jennifer Truelove , Kevin Burgess, Lindsay Martin Leavitt, Christine Woodin, Kevin P. Hess, Marcus Rabinowitz of McKool Smith |
| Case: | Optis Wireless Tech., et al. v. Huawei Tech. Co., et al. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| State: | Texas |