In this patent infringement action, Plaid sought to exclude the entirety of the plaintiff’s damage expert’s, Robinson’s, reasonable royalty analysis as based on an apportionment “plucked out of thin air.” Yodlee opposed the motion and asserted that its apportionment methodology was justified by the facts of the case.
The district court began its analysis by noting that “[Ii infringement is shown, the jury will need to ‘apportion the defendant’s profits and the patentee’s damages between the patented feature and the unpatented features using reliable and tangible evidence.’ Ericsson, Inc. v. D-Link Sys., Inc., 773 F.3d 1201, 1226 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (internal quotation marks omitted). ‘The essential requirement is that the ultimate reasonable royalty award must be based on the incremental value that the patented invention adds to the end product.’ Id.”
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