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Patent Arcade

In the business of video games, intellectual property protection is critical to success, and Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks are the bricks with which your IP portfolio is built. The Patent Arcade is the web's primary resource for video game IP law, news, cases, and commentary. Editor-in-Chief: Ross Dannenberg, Esq.

News: 2002 IP case statistics

From the April 2007 ABA Journal, citing the U.S. Department of Justice special report:

Of the 7,445 vicil intellectual property lawsuits filed in 2002:
  • 140 (1.9%) made it through trial and received a trial verdict.
  • In 83 cases (59.3%) the plaintiff won.
  • In 53 of the 83 cases, the reward included money.
  • Overall median damages award was $965,000
  • Median damages in patent cases was $2.3M
  • Median damages in copyright cases was $159,000
  • Median damages in trademark cases was $84,500

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This entry was posted on Friday, April 06, 2007 at 1:21 PM.

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