ARE Patent Law Alert: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Affirms District Court’s Decision Setting Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (“RAND”) Royalty Rate

Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola, Inc., No. 14-35393, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 13275 (9th Cir. July 30, 2015) (“Microsoft”). On Thursday, July 30, 2015, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the Western District of Washington’s landmark 2013 decision that set, for the first time, a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (“RAND”) royalty rate […]