Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. United States Plywood Corp.

Georgia-Pacific (plaintiff) sought a declaration that it did not infringe, and that a patent held by United States Plywood (defendant) was invalid; Plywood counterclaimed for infringement, initially lost at trial, but won on appeal and remand. Back at the district court, the court needed to determine an appropriate damages award and, disagreeing with a special master's proposed calculation, developed its own multi-factor approach to setting a reasonable royalty.