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Indiana Law Review editor-in-chief Reid Dodge has been awarded second place for an article he entered into the Georgia State University Intellectual Property Writing Competition. His article will be published with the materials being compiled for GSU’s Corporate Intellectual Property Institute, scheduled for October.

Dodge’s article, titled “Reasonable Royalty Patent Infringement Damages: A Proposal for More Predictable, Reliable, and Reviewable Standards of Admissibility and Proof for Determining a Reasonable Royalty,” examines the limitations of the standard.

“Reasonable royalty damages are arguably the most important source of compensation for patent holders when they suffer harm due to patent infringement,” Dodge explained. “Unfortunately, the reasonable royalty standard is not without fault. For example, within the last five years several major decisions have resulted in increased uncertainty in the reasonable royalty framework by complicating and broadening the scope of admissibility for damages evidence. However, through the medium of the court's gatekeeping role, this article proposes reform that promotes certainty – through predictability, reliability, and reviewability – by specifically refining and clarifying the scope of admissible reasonable royalty damages evidence.”