United States Federal Circuit

When parties settle a patent dispute, the terms of the settlement agreement may afford the patent owner rights which the original patent did not, and a district court may assess damages based on profits from the entire unit instead of just the infringing part.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/07/2001
• Published 09/07/2001

Judges

• RADER, Circuit Judge., Before RADER, SCHALL, and DYK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stanley E. Siegel, Jr.,Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel, LLP, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, argued for plaintiffs-appellees.   With him on the brief was Eric J. Magnuson.   Of counsel was Gerald E. Helget., Vytas M. Rimas, Kinney & Lange, P.A., of Minneapolis, Minnesota, argued for defendants-appellants.   With him on the brief were Ronald Michael Reed, and Mai Lauer.