Meantime, there's a proposal by Democrats in Congress for patent reform legislation, backed by the likes of Intel and Microsoft, that would put an end to triple-infringement damages.
Yet things can get out of hand: a tribute animation of the PDFs set to the music is available at Vimeo, creating a kind of triple-copyright infringement scenario further proof that creations live wildly online.
The law triples damages in copyright infringement cases, allows the government to seize property used to usurp a company's copyrights (hang onto those laptops), and makes each song, movie, or other piece of stolen content a separate criminal offense.
That sure sounds like a win, especially since that amount could be tripled by the judge for willful infringement of the patent.
It is also seeking damages, which could be tripled if the court found that the infringement had been willful.
If the judge decides that the infringement wasn't willful, eBay would avoid triple damages, but would still be out of a substantial but manageable sum.
Boston Scientific, which is based in Natick, Mass., had sought a finding of intentional infringement, which would have allowed Federal District Judge Sue Robinson to triple the damage award.
On top of compensatory damages for Apple's patent infringement, HTC also seeks enhanced damages of up to triple the amount of compensatory damages.
Based on the judge's finding of infringement, a jury awarded $9.06 million, which the judge tripled based on the jury finding that Ixys intentionally infringed the International Rectifier patents.
In fining Vonage less than Verizon had sought, the jury found that Vonage's infringement was not willful, meaning that Verizon could not collect triple the damages.
Yahoo is seeking an unspecified amount of damages, and further requests that any such amount be tripled "in view of the willful and deliberate nature of the infringement".
