Commonwealth Scientific v. Cisco Systems, Inc., No. 15-1066 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 3, 2015)

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Following a bench trial on damages, the district court awarded Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial R e- search Organi sation (“CSIRO”) $16,243,067 for Cisco COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC v. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 3 Systems, Inc.’s (“Cisco”) infringement of CSIRO’s U.S. Patent No. 5,487,069 (“’069 patent ”). On appeal, Cisco challenges the district court’s damages award. We co n- clude that the district court’s methodology in this case — insofar as it relied on the parties’ actual licensing discu s- sions—is not contrary to damages law .