- $125 million for a cookie recipe “Proctor & Gamble v. Nabisco”
- $205 million for the design of a rock drive bit “Smith Industries v. Hughes Tool”
- $873 million for the rights to an instant camera “Polaroid v. Kodak”
- $56 million for an antibiotic “Pfizer v. International Rectifier”
- $44 million for a blood oxygenator “Pfizer v. American Hospital Supply”
Other decisions of note include:
- “Alpex Computer Corporation was awarded $208 million in Alpex Computer Corporation v. Nintendo America, Inc. for infringement of Alpex video game graphics patents,” Los Angeles Times
- “Texas Instruments formed licensing agreements with 26 semiconductor companies since 1989 and reports it has more than tripled its royalties. The company’s 1993 royalties on its patents reached $521 million,” Electronic News
- “In a February 1994 ruling, Microsoft Corporation ordered to pay Stac Electronics $120 million in patent infringement lawsuit, Stac electronics v. Microsoft, for disk compression software,” Info Canada
- “The cost of IBM’s patent license agreement royalty payments for disk drive patents adds $100 to $150 to the price of a computer,” PC Week
