Re: Edig Next? Just a $1.5 billion judgement?
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Nov 12, 2007 06:07AM
"Appellate courts are very reluctant to tinker with decisions of a jury," he added.
The ruling could have broader implications as well, Vern Winters, a trial lawyer in the global patent litigation practice of Weil Gotshal & Manges, told the E-Commerce Times, particularly because the original award was so large.
"Plaintiffs' lawyers around the country were trying to use that award as leverage in negotiations," he said.