I/P Engine, Inc. v. AOL, Inc. et al

Filing 822

MOTION for an Award of Post-Judgment Royalties by I/P Engine, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Sherwood, Jeffrey)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
NORFOLK DIVISION
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Plaintiff,
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AOL, INC. et al.,
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Defendants.
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I/P ENGINE, INC.,

Civ. Action No. 2:11-cv-512

PLAINTIFF I/P ENGINE, INC.’S
MOTION FOR AN AWARD OF POST-JUDGMENT ROYALTIES

Plaintiff I/P Engine, Inc. (“I/P Engine”) respectfully moves this Court to order that
Defendants pay an ongoing running royalty for Defendants’ continuing infringement of I/P
Engine’s patents-in-suit. I/P Engine requests that Defendants be required to pay such royalties
from the date of entry of final judgment in this action (November 20, 2012) until Defendants
either cease their infringement, or until the expiration date of the patents-in-suit (April 4, 2016).
As set forth and explained in the accompanying Memorandum of Law, determining the
appropriate post-judgment running royalty involves three steps: 1) determining the appropriate
royalty base, 2) determining the appropriate royalty rate, and 3) determining the frequency of the
royalty payment. The evidence presented at trial establishes that Google’s implementation of the
infringing SmartAds technology generated a positive impact of at least 20.9% on Google’s U.S.
AdWords revenues, which is the appropriate royalty base. The appropriate post-judgment
royalty rate should be 7% based upon changed circumstances in the post-judgment hypothetical

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negotiation and in light of Defendants’ ongoing willful infringement. Defendants should also
provide an accounting and pay those ongoing royalties quarterly.
Dated: December 18, 2012

By: /s/ Jeffrey K. Sherwood
Donald C. Schultz (Virginia Bar No. 30531)
W. Ryan Snow (Virginia Bar No. 47423)
CRENSHAW, WARE & MARTIN PLC
150 West Main Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Jeffrey K. Sherwood (Virginia Bar No. 19222)
Frank C. Cimino, Jr.
Kenneth W. Brothers
Dawn Rudenko Albert
Charles J. Monterio, Jr.
DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP
1825 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Counsel for Plaintiff I/P Engine, Inc.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 18th day of December, 2012, the foregoing PLAINTIFF I/P
ENGINE, INC.’S MOTION FOR AN AWARD OF POST-JUDGMENT ROYALTIES, was
served via the Court’s CM/ECF system on the following:
Stephen Edward Noona
Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.
150 W Main St
Suite 2100
Norfolk, VA 23510
[e-mail]
David Bilsker
David Perlson
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
50 California Street, 22nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Robert L. Burns
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Two Freedom Square
11955 Freedom Drive
Reston, VA 20190
[e-mail]
Cortney S. Alexander
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
3500 SunTrust Plaza
303 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 94111
[e-mail]
/s/ Jeffrey K. Sherwood

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