Is patent litigation worth the headaches?
October 2, 2006By: Ilan N. Barzilay and Michael A. Albert
Mass High Tech
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How do you make sense of the huge numbers tossed about when discussing patent litigation? Should you be scared off by the high costs of bringing a patent case -- $2 million to $5 million through trial, according to surveys -- or should you focus on the potentially enormous awards that can result (including some recent eight-figure and even nine-figure verdicts)? How do you balance the toll on your business from years of litigation against the potential to shut down a competitor with an injunction?
