Bloomberg.com has an interesting article about patent damages for 2006, asserting that the $1Billion awards level was almost triple the level in 2005. There are some interesting quotes and statistics. One thing I did not like about the article was the assertion that damages were this high because of increased efforts to “fend off competition” [...]

PriceWaterhouseCoopers has made a damages study available – a summary that asserts that damage awards are increasing and trial tactics are changing. You may use this link to sign up to receive the short 32 page brief study. I found this study by reviewing this post. My comments to the post are reproduced below. ========== [...]