Federal Judge Adds 20% Penalty To Toner Counterfeiter GPI's Verdict.

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Federal Judge Adds 20% Penalty To Toner Counterfeiter GPI's U.S. Verdict.
Canon Gets Enhanced Damages In Bottle Patent Suit.
By Cara Salvatore.

Law360 (February 23, 2018, 4:25 PM EST) — A Georgia federal judge has beefed up a jury's $4.4 million verdict for Canon Inc. over patented toner bottles, saying Thursday that a damages enhancement is warranted because willful infringement went on for some time.

U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg awarded enhanced damages of 20 percent of the verdict that a jury gave Canon Inc. in November after a trial against bottle maker General Plastic Industrial Co. Ltd. and toner seller Color Imaging Inc. GPI was liable for $3.74 million and Color Imaging for $730,000….
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February 25, 2018 at 11:24 AM