Appeals Court Upholds Willful Infringement Finding In Stryker-Zimmer Patent Spat
Executive Summary
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals sent the question of whether damages should be tripled back to the district court, but agreed Zimmer had willfully infringed the patents. The case was previously appealed to the Supreme Court, which said the previous appeals-court standard for enhanced damages was too strict.
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