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be relevant cost considerations in determining the provision sought largely by the software industry.
defendant’s profits. As proposed, this change would alter the manner
in which the ‘entire market value’ of the infringing
Statutory damages and other
product may be considered and may require that a
remedies
patent’s “specific contribution over the prior art” be
Under certain conditions, statutory damages may
considered as the royalty base in many cases.
be available to plaintiffs under federal copyright and
Leaders from the software, music and movie
trademark statutes. These remedies can range from
industries recently unveiled a new report
hundreds of dollars to over $100,000 per work, per
entitled Copyright Industries in the U.S. Economy:
infringing unit, per domain name or per mark or
The 2003 – 2007 Report, which highlights the
type of good, based upon various criteria.
economic contributions of their industries. This
report has been presented to US government
Glenn Perdue
In cases of software copyright infringement, the
plaintiff may elect to pursue statutory damages
officials with the intent of, among other things, Glenn Perdu is the managing member of
just as they can in copyright cases involving music
enlisting further support against infringement, Kraft Analytics, a valuation and financial
piracy and counterfeiting. In its May 2009 report
forensics consulting firm. He began his
or movies. With software-related trademark
entitled the 08 Piracy Study, the Business Software
professional career in the venture capital
infringement, statutory damages may be pursued
Alliance—a contributor to the economic report
industry and later became the president of a
in cases of counterfeiting and cyberpiracy.
cited above—indicated that the value of unlicensed
software development and systems integration
A plaintiff may also seek the costs associated with software worldwide in 2007 exceeded $50 billion.
company. He has been retained as an expert
corrective advertising as a type of actual damage in
witness in cases involving software-related
trademark infringement matters.
valuation, infringement damages (patent,
copyright and trademark), trade secret
recent activity and potential changes
misappropriation, e-discovery, breach of
contract, and various tort claims.
At the time of writing, the prospect of patent reform Glenn Perdue is the managing member of
still looms in the US. Proposed legislation contains Kraft Analytics. He can be contacted at:
a reasonable royalty damage apportionment gperdue@kraftcpas.com
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