Draft:Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. United States Plywood Corp.
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Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. U.S. Plywood Corp. (318 F. Supp. 1116, 1116 (S.D.N.Y. 1970), modified sub nom. Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. U.S. Plywood Champion Papers, Inc., 446 F.2d 295, 2d Cir. 1971) is a seminal US case law legal precedent, that established the current practice of determining reasonable royalty as a compensation for patent infringement.[1][2] According to Google Scholar on 2024-10-14, [3] [original research?] this decisions has been cited 2377 times, making it the most cited decision of US Federal courts in 1971.[4] Georgia-Pacific rejected earlier rules, such as entire market rule [5] and "25% of the profits" rule.[6]
Decision
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The Court established 15 "Georgia-Pacific factors", to be considered, when determining reasonable royalty as a civil remedy (monetary compensation) for patent infringement,[7][8] in the following order of importance:
1. The royalties received by the patentee for the licensing of the patent in suit, proving or tending to prove an established royalty.
2. The rates paid by the licensee for the use of other patents comparable to the patent in suit.
3. The nature and scope of the license, as exclusive or non-exclusive; or as restricted or non-restricted in terms of territory or with respect to whom the manufactured product may be sold.
4. The licensor’s established policy and marketing program to maintain his patent monopoly by not licensing others to use the invention or by granting licenses under special conditions designed to preserve that monopoly.
5. The commercial relationship between the licensor and licensee, such as, whether they are competitors in the same territory in the same line of business; or whether they are inventor and promoter.
6. The effect of selling the patented specialty in promoting sales of other products of the licensee; the existing value of the invention to the licensor as a generator of sales of his non-patented items; and the extent of such derivative or convoyed sales.
7. The duration of the patent and the term of the license.
8. The established profitability of the product made under the patent; its commercial success; and its current popularity.
9. The utility and advantages of the patent property over the old modes or devices, if any, that had been used for working out similar results.
10. The nature of the patented invention, the character of the commercial embodiment of it as owned and produced by the licensor; and the benefits to those who have used the invention.
11. The extent to which the infringer has made use of the invention; and any evidence probative of the value of that use.
12. The portion of the profit or of the selling price that may be customary in the particular business or in comparable businesses to allow for the use of the invention or analogous inventions.
13. The portion of the realizable profit that should be credited to the invention as distinguished from non-patented elements, the manufacturing process, business risks, or significant features or improvements added by the infringer.
14. The opinion testimony of qualified experts.
15. The amount that a licensor (such as the patentee) and a licensee (such as the infringer) would have agreed upon (at the time the infringement began) if both had been reasonably and voluntarily trying to reach an agreement; that is, the amount which a prudent licensee—who desired, as a business proposition, to obtain a license to manufacture and sell a particular article embodying the patented invention—would have been willing to pay as a royalty and yet be able to make a reasonable profit and which amount would have been acceptable by a prudent patentee who was willing to grant a license.
Legacy
[edit]Georgia-Pacific decision have been heavily criticized for the uncertainty, that it creates. More specific rules, e.g. 25% (of profits) and 5% (of revenue), have been proposed, but they were found inconsistent with the Georgia-Pacific decision.[9]
Nevertheless, in situations, where more information is available and where a greater certainty exists (for example, about the infringer's profits and the average profits in the given industry) some specific valuations methods can be consistent with the Court ruling.[10] For example, Nash Bargaining Solution algorithm suggests: "each negotiating party receives the profit it would have made absent an agreement and splits the remaining profits equally."[11][12]
In the cases of copyright infringement in the United States, the reasonable royalty damages estimation is controlled by Gaylord v. United States decided by the Federal Circuit in 2015.
References
[edit]- ^ Glick, Mark A.; Reymann, Lara A.; Hoffman, Richard (2002-12-30). Intellectual Property Damages: Guidelines and Analysis. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-44947-8.
- ^ "Georgia-Pacific · Elements of Patent Damages".
- ^ "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ Slottje, Daniel (25 October 2006). Economic Damages in Intellectual Property: A Hands-On Guide to Litigation. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-05625-7.
- ^ "law wlu edu cgi". scholarycommons.
- ^ Wyatt, Lance (2014-01-01). "Keeping Up with the Game: The Use of the Nash Bargaining Solution in Patent Infringement Cases". Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal. 31 (3): 427. ISSN 0882-3383.
- ^ "Georgia-pacific Corporation, Appellant, v. U. S. Plywood-champion Papers Inc., Appellee, 446 F.2d 295 (2d Cir. 1971)". Justia Law. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ^ "Patent Infringement Damages Expert Witness Georgia Pacific Factors". No World Borders - Experts in healthcare. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ^ Roy J. Epstein and Alan J. Marcus. Economic Analysis of the Reasonable Royalty: Simplification and Extension of the Georgia-Pacific Factors. 85 J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc'y 555 (2003)
- ^ Wyatt, Lance (2014-01-01). "Keeping Up with the Game: The Use of the Nash Bargaining Solution in Patent Infringement Cases". Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal. 31 (3): 427. ISSN 0882-3383.
- ^ Roy Weinstein et al., Taming Complex Intellectual Property Compensation Problems, 22 FED. CIR. B.J. 547, 554 (2013)
- ^ Wyatt, Lance (2014-01-01). "Keeping Up with the Game: The Use of the Nash Bargaining Solution in Patent Infringement Cases". Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal. 31 (3): 427. ISSN 0882-3383.
1. Economic analysis of the reasonable royalty: simplification and extension of the Georgia-Pacific factors. 2003. J Pat & Trademark Off Soc'y. 85/555. R.J. Epstein, A.J. Marcus.
2. Using Apportionment to Rein in the Georgia-Pacific Facots. 2007. Colum Sci & Tech L Rev. 9/1. E.E. Bensen, D.M. White.
3. Reconsidering the georgia-pacific standard for reasonable royalty patent damages. 2010. BYU L Rev. 1661. C.B. Seaman.
5. https://www.patentdamagesbook.com/reasonable-royalty/georgia-pacific.html
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