Table of copyright and patent monetary awards and sales

!20030512 Table of copyright and patent monetary awards and sales

I have updated a table of patent and copyright lawsuit/licensing/settlement monetary awards and sales data that I have at my Web site at:

                www.patenting-art.com/economic/awards.htm

If you have additions or corrections, please let me know. Below is a text print out of 55 new amounts listed, 265 old amounts listed at the Web page.

Gregory Aharonian
Internet Patent News Service
patnews[_at_]patenting-art.com

                   PATENT/COPYRIGHT LAWSUITS/LICENSING AWARDS

    What follows is a table listing the monetary awards that companies have received because they were either victorious in an IP infringement lawsuit, or they negotiated deal in the absense/presence of a infringement lawsuit, or related technology litigation such as antitrust. The following monetary awards are culled from media reports of such victories/successes, and may have been reversed/reduced in later appeals, though I constantly update the table to include more awards, and more history on each award. (Note: 'P.' prefix stands for patents, 'C.' prefix stands for copyrights, 'T.' stands for trademarks). Dollar amounts in parentheses indicate the original judgment was reversed.

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   Amount($)    Year  Winning party           Legal Action  Technology
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   500,000,000  2002  Paramount Pictures      C.License     Movies
   475,000,000  2002  SpinBrush               P.Buyout      Mechanical
   470,000,000  2002  Lucas Licensing         C.License     Toys
   453,000,000  2002  InterTrust              P.Buyout      Software
   424,000,000+ 2002  Medical Instruments     P.Lawsuit     Medical
   330,000,000+ 2003  Idenix Pharmaceuticals  P.License     Drugs
   325,000,000  2002  Amylin Pharmaceuticals  P.License     Drugs
   295,000,000  2003  Eli Lilly               P.License     Drugs
   265,000,000  2002  Cadence                 TradeSecret   Software
   187,000,000  1990s George Foreman          T.License     Endorsement
   175,000,000  2002  Boston Scientific       P.Settlement  Medical
   150,000,000+ 2002  Integraph               P.Lawsuit     Electronics
   136,000,000  2002  RIAA                    C.Lawsuit     Music
   100,000,000+ 2003  Celine Dion             C.License     Theater
    65,000,000  2002  Polo Ralph Lauren       C.License     Clothing
    61,000,000  2002  Harris                  P.Lawsuit     Electronics
    34,000,000  2003  InterDigital Comm.      P.Settlement  Electronics
    33,100,000  2002  Super Vision Int.       TradeSecret   Fiber optics
    30,000,000  2002  eSpeed                  P.Settlement  Software
    30,000,000  2000  Michael Crichton        C.License     Books
    27,200,000  2002  Inter. Rectifier        P.Lawsuit     Electronics
    25,000,000  2003  St. Clair IP            P.Lawsuit     Electronics
    25,000,000  2003  Nortel Networks         P.Settlement  Ciena
    25,000,000  2002  Fuji Photo Film         P.Lawsuit     Cameras
    24,000,000  2002  Unova                   P.Buyout      Electronics
    23,100,000  2002  NTP Inc.                P.Lawsuit     Electronics
    18,000,000  2002  DepoMed                 P.Settlement  Drugs
    17,200,000+ 2002  Alcon Inc               P.Lawsuit     Electronics
    17,000,000  2003  TDK                     P.Settlement  Electronics
    15,000,000  2003  Interpore               P.Settlment   Medical
    15,000,000  2002  3Com                    P.Settlement  Electronics
    12,200,000  2003  Poly-America            P.Lawsuit     Mechanical
    12,000,000  2003  Philip Jackson          P.Lawsuit     Electronics
     7,400,000  2003  Ralph Benghiat          P.Lawsuit     Electronics
     7,000,000  2002  Liquid Audio            P.Buyout      Software
     6,300,000  2000  Dyson Appliances        P.Settlement  Mechcanical
     6,000,000  2003  Proxim                  P.Settlement  Electronics
     5,000,000  2003  Michael Jackson         C.License     Television
     5,000,000  2003  Grenada Television      C.License     Television
     3,750,000  2002  Datascope               P.Settlement  Medical
     3,000,000  2002  McLaughlin/Kraus        C.License     Book
     2,605,531  2000  Imageline               C.Lawsuit     Digital Images
     2,500,000  1969  Harold Robbins          C.Advance     Book
     1,900,000  2003  Mattel                  P.Lawsuit     Mechanical
     1,500,000  2003  Clarence Thomas         C.Advance     Book
     1,250,000  2002  Ryder System            T.Settlement  Trademark
     1,200,000  2002  SESAC                   C.Lawsuit     Music
     1,000,000  2002  Storage Engine          P.Buyout      Software
       500,000  2003  Mohammed O. al-Rehaief  C.Advance     Book
       400,000  1969  William Goldman         C.License     Script

   $2000+/second   2000s   NFL                     Royalties    Television
  11% of gross     2003-4  RIAA                    Royalties    Music
   7% of gross     2000s   RIAA, AFTRA, AFM        Royalties    Music
   3% of gross     2001    Eidos                   Royalties    Copyright
      $65/video    <1997   Disney                  Royalties    Videos