Ericsson, Inc. v. D-Link Systems, Inc.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
773 F.3d 1201 (2014)
Relevant factsFree
Ericsson (plaintiff) sued D-Link (defendant) for infringing standard-essential patents it had committed to license on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms; a jury found infringement and awarded roughly $10 million (about 15 cents per device), and the trial court denied D-Link's request for jury instructions on patent hold-up and royalty stacking, finding no evidentiary support for either theory, while D-Link separately argued the jury instructions on Ericsson's licensing commitment were themselves deficient.
IssueFree
Whether, in a patent-infringement case, a court must instruct the jury only on factors that are relevant to the specific case at issue.