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Partner Charles McMahon Featured in Law360 | “The Top Patent Damages Awards of 2024”
December 20, 2024
Charles McMahon, a Partner in Benesch’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, was quoted in a Law360 article examining the largest patent verdicts of 2024.
The largest patent damages verdicts of 2024 reached nine figures, consistent with recent years, though none surpassed $1 billion as seen earlier in the decade. The largest award, $847 million, was overturned post-trial, highlighting increased scrutiny on sizable damages.
Most of the largest patent damages awards in history have never been collected, so “if one trend jumps out at me, it’s that the very highest of these awards tend not to survive scrutiny in post-trial motions and appeal,” said McMahon.
Read the full article here.
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