FVC2153. Patent Infringement Damages in the Wake of COVID-19

COVID-19 has impacted business and industries in various and significant ways. Join us for a lively discussion of the intersection of law and valuation principles in the current COVID-19 environment. We will address perspectives from outside counsel and experts on intellectual property damages claims including, the reliance on pre- and post-negotiation data, foreseeability, known and knowable events, and the usefulness of discount rates to account for unprecedented economic challenges.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how the business impacts of COVID affect current and future lost profits calculations in patent infringement matters.
• Understand the implication of the business impacts of COVID on the determination of a reasonable royalty measure of damages in patent infringement matters.
• Understand valuation issues that relate to what is known or knowable at the time of the valuation.