The data displays the top ten biggest U.S. patent litigation cases in terms of initial damages rewarded between 1997 and 2017. The biggest amount of initial damages awarded in a case was in 2016 where Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC were awarded damages of over 2.54 billion USD from Gilead Sciences Inc.
Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC vs. Gilead Sciences Inc. | 2540 |
Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. vs. Abbott Laboratories (2009) | 1673 |
Lucent Technologies Inc. vs. Microsoft Corp. (2007) | 1538 |
Carnegie Mellon University vs. Marvell Technology Group (2012) | 1169 |
Apple Inc. vs. Samsung Electronics Co. (2012) | 1049 |
Monsanto Company vs. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (2012) | 1000 |
Cordis Corp. vs. Medtronic Vascular, Inc. (2005) | 595 |
Smartflash LLC vs. Apple Inc. (2015) | 533 |
Eolas Technologies Inc. vs. Microsoft Corp. (2004) | 521 |
Bruce N. Saffran, M.D. vs. Johnson & Johnson (2011) | 482 |