An award of compensatory damages under the Patent Statute is intended to compensate the claimant for its loss due to the infringement, but is not intended to be a vehicle to punish infringers.
The Patent Statute at 35 U.S.C. § 284 states, “upon a finding for claimant, the court shall award the claimant damages adequate to compensate for the infringement, but in no event less than a reasonable royalty for the use made of the invention by the infringer … .”
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