• Evonik Degussa GMBH v. Materia, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-02
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Hillman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric James Evain, Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Wilmington, DE; R. Eric Hutz, Rudolph E. Hutz, and Ryan P. Cox, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld and Thomas C. Grimm, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendant.

    Case Number: D68118

    Jury verdict in favor of defendant on issue of willfulness proper where record contained sufficient evidence for jury to conclude defendant did not discover adverse nature of plaintiffs patent during the period of its infringement.

  • Evonik Degussa GMBH v. Materia, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-25
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Hillman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric James Evain, Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Wilmington, DE; R. Eric Hutz, Rudolph E. Hutz, and Ryan P. Cox, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld and Thomas C. Grimm, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendant.

    Case Number: D68118

    Jury verdict in favor of defendant on issue of willfulness proper where record contained sufficient evidence for jury to conclude defendant did not discover adverse nature of plaintiffs patent during the period of its infringement.