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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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`POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Case No. 09-cv-05235- MMC
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`FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR
`INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware
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`FAIRCHILD (TAIWAN) CORPORATION,
`a Taiwanese corporation,
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`GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
`1.1
`DUTY OF JURY
`Members of the Jury: Now that you have heard all of the evidence and the arguments of
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`the attorneys, it is my duty to instruct you as to the law of the case. A copy of these instructions
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`will be sent with you to the jury room when you deliberate. You will also have a verdict form,
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`which will list the questions that you must answer to decide this case.
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`You must not infer from these instructions or from anything I may say or do as indicating
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`that I have an opinion regarding the evidence or what your verdict should be.
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`It is your duty to find the facts from all the evidence in the case. To those facts you will
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`apply the law as I give it to you. You must follow the law as I give it to you whether you agree
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`with it or not. And you must not be influenced by any personal likes or dislikes, opinions,
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`prejudices, or sympathy. That means that you must decide the case solely on the evidence before
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`you. You will recall that you took an oath to do so.
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`In following my instructions, you must follow all of them and not single out some and
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`ignore others; they are all important.
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`1.2
`BURDENS OF PROOF
`This is a civil case in which Power Integrations is the owner of two patents which it has
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`already been determined that Fairchild infringes. A party whose patents have been infringed is
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`entitled to money damages. The factual issues you will decide must be proven by what we refer
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`to as a “preponderance of the evidence.” That means Power Integrations has to produce
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`evidence that, when considered in light of all of the facts, leads you to believe that what Power
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`Integrations claims is more likely true than not. To put it differently, if you were to put the
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`parties’ evidence on opposite sides of a scale, the evidence supporting the claims of Power
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`Integrations must make the scales tip somewhat to its side.
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`Some of you may have heard the phrase “proof beyond a reasonable doubt.” That burden
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`of proof applies only in criminal cases and has nothing to do with a civil case like this one. You
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`1.3 WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT EVIDENCE
`I want to remind you once again what is, and what is not, evidence that you must use to
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`decide the facts of this case. The evidence you are to consider in deciding what the facts are
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`The sworn testimony of witnesses, on both direct and cross-examination,
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`regardless of who called the witness;
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`The exhibits that have been admitted into evidence; and
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`Any facts to which all the parties have agreed.
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`In reaching your verdict, you must consider only the testimony and exhibits admitted into
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`evidence. Certain things are not evidence, and you may not consider them in deciding what the
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`facts are. I will list them for you:
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`Arguments and statements by lawyers are not evidence. The lawyers are not
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`witnesses. What they have said in their opening statements, closing arguments, and at other
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`times is intended to help you interpret the evidence, but it is not evidence. If the facts as you
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`remember them differ from the way the lawyers have stated them, your memory of them
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`Questions and objections by lawyers are not evidence. Attorneys have a duty to
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`their clients to object when they believe a question is improper under the rules of evidence. You
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`should not be influenced by the objection or by the Court’s ruling on it.
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`Testimony that has been excluded or stricken, or that you have been instructed to
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`disregard, is not evidence and must not be considered. In addition some testimony and exhibits
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`have been admitted only for a limited purpose; where I have given a limiting instruction, you
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`Anything you have seen or heard when the Court was not in session is not
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`evidence. You are to decide the case solely on the evidence received at trial.
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`DIRECT AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
`Evidence may be direct or circumstantial. Direct evidence is direct proof of a fact, such
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`as testimony by a witness about what the witness personally saw, heard, or did. Circumstantial
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`evidence is proof of one or more facts from which you could find another fact.
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`By way of example, if you wake up in the morning and see that the sidewalk is wet, you
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`may find from that fact that it rained during the night. However, other evidence, such as a turned
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`on garden hose, may provide a different explanation for the presence of water on the sidewalk.
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`Therefore, before you decide that a fact has been proved by circumstantial evidence, you must
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`consider all the evidence in light of reason, experience, and common sense.
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`You should consider both direct and circumstantial evidence. The law makes no
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`distinction between the weight that you should give to either direct or circumstantial evidence. It
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`is for you to decide how much weight to give to any evidence.
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`CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE
`You should use your common sense in weighing the evidence. Consider it in light of
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`your everyday experience with people and events, and give it whatever weight you believe it
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`deserves. If your experience tells you that certain evidence reasonably leads to a conclusion, you
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`CREDIBILITY OF WITNESSES
`In determining the facts in this case, you may have to decide which testimony to believe
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`and which testimony not to believe. You may believe everything a witness says, or part of it, or
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`In considering the testimony of any witness, you may take into account:
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`(1) the opportunity and ability of the witness to see or hear or know the things testified to;
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`(2) the witness’s memory;
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`(3) the witness’s manner while testifying;
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`(4) the witness’s interest in the outcome of the case and any bias or prejudice;
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`(5) whether other evidence contradicted the witness’s testimony;
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`(6) the reasonableness of the witness’s testimony in light of all the evidence; and
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`(7) any other factors that bear on believability.
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`You should remember that a simple mistake by a witness does not necessarily mean that
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`the witness was not telling the truth. People may tend to forget some things or remember other
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`things inaccurately. If a witness has made a misstatement, you must consider whether it was
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`simply an innocent lapse of memory or an intentional falsehood, and that may depend upon
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`whether it concerns an important fact or an unimportant detail.
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`NUMBER OF WITNESSES
`One more point about the witnesses. Sometimes jurors wonder if the number of
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`witnesses who testified makes any difference.
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`Do not make any decisions based only on the number of witnesses who testified. The
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`proof of a fact or the weight of the evidence as to a fact does not necessarily depend on the
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`number of witnesses who testify about it. What is more important is how believable the
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`witnesses were, and how much weight you think their testimony deserves. Concentrate on that,
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`not the numbers.
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`EXPERT OPINION
`When knowledge of technical subject matter may be helpful to the jury, a person who has
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`witness – is permitted to state an opinion on those technical matters.
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`You are not required, however, to accept that opinion. Expert testimony should receive
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`DEPOSITION IN LIEU OF LIVE TESTIMONY
`A deposition is the sworn testimony of a witness taken before trial. The witness is placed
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`under oath to tell the truth, and lawyers for each party may ask questions. The questions and
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`answers are recorded. The deposition of a person can be used at trial under certain
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`circumstances, for example, when a person is unavailable to testify at trial.
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`You should consider deposition testimony, presented to you in court in lieu of live
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`testimony, insofar as possible, in the same way as if the witness had been present to testify.
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`If deposition testimony is read to you by the attorneys, do not place any significance on
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`1.10 CHARTS AND SUMMARIES RECEIVED AND NOT RECEIVED IN
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`During the course of the trial, certain charts and summaries may have been received into
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`evidence to illustrate information brought out in the trial. Charts and summaries are only as
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`good as the underlying evidence deserves. You will have these admitted exhibits in the jury
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`room for your deliberations.
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`Other exhibits (including charts and summaries) were offered to help illustrate the
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`testimony of the various witnesses. These illustrative exhibits, called “demonstrative exhibits,”
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`have not been admitted, are not evidence, and should not be considered as evidence. They are
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`not themselves evidence or proof of any facts. Rather, it is the underlying testimony of the
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`witness that you heard when you saw the demonstrative exhibits that is the evidence in this case.
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`You will not have these demonstrative exhibits in the jury room for your deliberation.
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`1.11 USE OF NOTES
`You may use notes taken during trial to assist your memory. However, you should use
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`presented, and thus not written down, takes on greater importance later on in the trial in light of
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`all the evidence presented. Therefore, you are instructed that your notes are only a tool to aid
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`your own individual memory, and you should not compare notes with other jurors in determining
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`the content of any testimony or in evaluating the importance of any evidence. Your notes are not
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`evidence, and are by no means a complete outline of the proceedings or a list of the highlights of
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`DAMAGES GENERALLY
`I will now instruct you about the measure of damages. You must decide, according to the
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`instructions I give you, the appropriate amount of money damages to compensate Power
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`Integrations for Fairchild’s infringement.
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`The amount of money damages must be adequate to compensate Power Integrations for the
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`infringement. A damages award should put the patent holder in approximately the financial
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`position it would have been in had the infringement not occurred, but in no event may the
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`damages award be less than a reasonable royalty. You should keep in mind that the damages you
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`award are meant to compensate the patent holder and not to punish an infringer. A patent holder
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`has the burden to persuade you of the amount of its damages. You should award only those
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`damages that the patent holder more likely than not suffered. While the patent holder is not
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`certainty. A patent holder is not entitled to damages that are remote or speculative.
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`Mere difficulty in ascertaining damages is not fatal to the patent owner. You may base your
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`REASONABLE ROYALTY
`Power Integrations is seeking money damages for past infringement in the amount of a
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`reasonable royalty.
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`A royalty is a payment made to a patent holder in exchange for the right to make, use or
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`sell the claimed invention. This right is called a “license.” A reasonable royalty is the payment
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`holder and the infringer taking place at the time when the infringing activity first began. In
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`considering the nature of this negotiation, you must assume that the patent holder and the
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`infringer would have acted reasonably and would have entered into a license agreement. You
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`must also assume that both parties believed the patent was valid and infringed. Your role is to
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`determine what the result of the hypothetical negotiation would have been. The test for damages
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`is what royalty would have resulted from the hypothetical negotiation and not simply what either
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`Where an infringing product has features that are covered by the patent-in-suit and
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`features that are not covered by the patent-in-suit, there are two alternative reasonable royalty
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`damages theories, apportionment and entire market value rule.
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`Under the entire market value rule, a plaintiff may be awarded damages attributable to an
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`entire multi-feature product where the plaintiff establishes that the patented feature creates the
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`basis for customer demand for that product. It is not enough to show that the patented feature is
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`viewed as valuable, important, or essential to the entire product.
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`Under the apportionment of damages rule, the ultimate damages must reflect the value
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`attributable to the infringing features of the product, and no more. Measuring this value requires
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`If it is not established that the patented feature creates the basis for customer demand for
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`FACTORS FOR DETERMINING REASONABLE ROYALTY
`In determining a reasonable royalty, you should consider all the facts known and
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`The royalties received by the patent owner for the licensing of the patent in
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`suit, proving or tending to prove an established royalty.
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`The rates paid by the licensee for the use of other patents comparable to the
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`The nature and the scope of the license, as exclusive or non-exclusive; or
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`The commercial relationship between the licensor and the licensee, such as,
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`The duration of the patent and the term of the license.
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`The utility and advantages of the patent property over the old modes or devices, if
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`The opinion and testimony of qualified experts.
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`The amount that a licensor (such as the patent owner) and a licensee (such as the
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`infringer) would have agreed upon (at the time the infringement began) if both
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`patented invention – would have been willing to pay as a royalty and yet be able
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`technology. Not all alternatives are acceptable non-infringing alternatives. To be an acceptable
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`INFRINGER’S MENTAL STATE
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`DELIBERATION AND VERDICT
`3.1
`DUTY TO DELIBERATE
`When you begin your deliberations, you should elect one member of the jury as your
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`Each of you must decide the case for yourself, but you should do so only after you have
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`RETURN OF VERDICT
`A verdict form has been prepared for you. You will take this form to the jury room and
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