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Fed. Cir.

WesternGeco L.L.C. v. ION Geophysical Corp., No. 13-1527 (Fed. Cir. July 2, 2015)

Affirmed in Part
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 13-1527
Also Docketed
No. 14-1121, No. 14-1526, No. 14-1528 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
July 2, 2015
Judge
Dyk, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
45 pages

From the Opinion

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WesternGeco L.L.C. (“WesternGeco”) filed suit against ION Geophysical Corp. (“ION”) for infringement of , inter alia, U.S. Patent Nos. 6,691,038 (“the ’038 patent”) , 7,080,607 (“ the ’607 patent”), 7,162,967 (“the ’967 p a- tent”), and 7,293,520 (“the ’520 patent”). The jury found infringement and no invalidity with respect to all asserted claims for each of the four patents, and awarded $93,400,000 in lost profits and $12,500,000 in reasonable royalties.