The plaintiff, Harris Corporation, had acquired a patent portfolio from General Electric and was seeking to realize value by widely licensing the patents.
Retained by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
The plaintiff, Harris Corporation, had acquired a patent portfolio from General Electric and was seeking to realize value by widely licensing the patents. Harris sued Cornerstone Research’s client, Macronix International, claiming it was owed a reasonable royalty on patents for technology incorporated in certain memory semiconductors. Dr. Michael Keeley, a senior vice president of Cornerstone Research, analyzed fifteen previous Harris license agreements for comparable technology, and showed that Harris’s own licensing experience implied a much lower reasonable royalty than Harris claimed. The case settled.