Law360, Washington (August 07, 2012, 8:32 PM ET) -- Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. told the Federal Circuit on Tuesday that a lower court shouldn't have nixed a jury verdict in its drilling patent dispute with Maersk Contractors USA Inc., claiming its robust licensing market for the patents proved the jury correctly upheld its rights.
Although a Texas federal judge granted Maersk's request for a new trial in August 2011, saying Transocean shouldn't have presented expert testimony and evidence on the issue of obviousness in the case, Transocean told the Federal Circuit that there was...