`
`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
`
`
` VB ASSETS, LLC
`
` Plaintiff,
`
` v.
`
` AMAZON.COM, INC., et al.,
`
` Defendants.
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`C.A. No. 19-1410-MN
`
`
`
`[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF VB ASSETS, LLC’S MOTIONS
`FOR AN ONGOING ROYALTY, PRE-JUDGMENT INTEREST,
`POST-JUDGMENT INTEREST, AND ENHANCED DAMAGES
`
`Before the Court are Plaintiff VB Assets, LLC’s (“VB Assets”) Post-Trial Motions for
`
`ongoing royalties, pre-judgment interest, post-judgment interest and enhanced damages.
`
`Having considered the entire record in this action, the jury’s verdict, and the papers
`
`submitted by the parties, and good cause having been shown,
`
`IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
`
`1.
`
`VB Assets’s motion for ongoing patent infringement royalties is GRANTED.
`
`Defendant Amazon.com Services LLC (“Amazon”) is ordered to pay ongoing royalties to VB
`
`Assets, on a quarterly basis, at a rate of $0.40 per net new Alexa user for U.S. Patent No. 8,073,681
`
`(“the ’681 Patent”); $0.22 per net new Alexa Shopping user for U.S. Patent Nos. 7,818,176 (“the
`
`’176 Patent”) and 9,269,097 (“the ’097 Patent”); and $0.22 per net new Alexa Shopping purchaser
`
`for U.S. Patent No. 9,626,703 (“the ’703 Patent”).
`
`2.
`
`VB Assets’s motion for pre-judgment interest is GRANTED. In the exercise of the
`
`Court’s discretion, the Court awards VB Assets pre-judgment interest utilizing the prime rate,
`
`compounded quarterly, on the total damages awarded, including enhanced damages.
`
`
`
`Case 1:19-cv-01410-MN Document 300-1 Filed 12/06/23 Page 2 of 2 PageID #: 11176
`
`3.
`
`VB Assets’s motion for post-judgment interest is GRANTED. Pursuant to 28
`
`U.S.C. § 1961, the Court awards VB Assets post-judgment interest on the total damages awarded,
`
`including enhanced damages and pre-judgment interest.
`
`4.
`
`VB Assets’s motion for enhanced damages is GRANTED. In the Court’s
`
`discretion, the Court increases the damages awarded by the jury for Defendant’s willful
`
`infringement of the ’176, ’681, ’097, and ’703 Patents by 50%, i.e., from $46.7 to $70.05 million.
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`SO ORDERED this ______________, 2023
`
`________________________
`
`The Honorable Maryellen Noreika
`United States District Judge
`
`
`2
`
`