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WesternGeco L.L.C. v. ION Geophysical Corp.
Case Number:
13-1527
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January 11, 2019
Fed. Circ. Ships $93M WesternGeco IP Row Back To Texas
The Federal Circuit on Friday ordered a Texas district court to decide whether to hold a new trial to determine if WesternGeco LLC can recover $93.4 million in lost profits from Ion Geophysical Corp. in a long-running patent case, following a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year.
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November 16, 2018
Ion PTAB Wins Can't Kill $93M Jury Award, Fed. Circ. Hears
Ion Geophysical Corp. can't escape a $93.4 million lost-profits jury award over technology used for oil exploration beneath the ocean floor even though several of rival firm Schlumberger Ltd.'s related patent claims were struck down, Schlumberger told a Federal Circuit panel Friday.
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September 21, 2016
Fed. Circ. Orders Post-Halo Damages Review In Ion IP Case
The Federal Circuit ordered a district court Wednesday to review whether to increase a $12.5 million patent damages award that oil field services provider Schlumberger Ltd. won from rival Ion Geophysical Corp., since the U.S. Supreme Court recently set new enhanced damages rules.
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October 30, 2015
Fed. Circ. Won't Rehear Reduced Overseas Patent Damages
The Federal Circuit on Thursday refused to reconsider a ruling that oil field services provider Schlumberger Ltd. couldn't recover profits from overseas contracts and that its $124 million win in a patent case should therefore be slashed by $100 million.
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September 04, 2015
$100M Rightly Axed From Patent Verdict, Full Fed. Circ. Told
A Federal Circuit panel correctly threw out $100 million of a $124 million patent verdict by a jury in July because the Schlumberger Ltd. unit's "lost profits" were from overseas use by foreign third parties, Ion Geophysical Corp. told the full circuit court Thursday.
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August 20, 2015
Carnegie Mellon Tells Fed. Circ. It Erred In 2 Recent IP Cases
The Federal Circuit has gone against decades of Supreme Court precedent in two recent patent cases by presuming that damages cannot be awarded if there is an extraterritorial connection, Carnegie Mellon University has told the Federal Circuit in an amicus brief.
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July 02, 2015
Fed. Circ. Chops $100M Off Schlumberger Patent Verdict
The Federal Circuit on Thursday threw out about $100 million of a $124 million damages award that oil field services provider Schlumberger Ltd. won in a patent suit against rival Ion Geophysical Corp., ruling that lost profits cannot be awarded for damages resulting from contracts performed abroad.
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May 21, 2014
ION Appeals Schlumberger Unit's $124M Patent Award
ION Geophysical Corp. on Tuesday filed notice in Texas federal court of its intent to appeal a nearly $124 million judgment it was slammed with for allegedly infringing seismic surveying patents held by a subsidiary of oil field services provider Schlumberger Ltd.