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Top ten U.S. patent litigation cases by damages awarded 1997 to 2017

Top ten largest amounts of initial damages awarded in U.S. patent litigation cases between 1997 and 2017 (Figures expressed in millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

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