Why is the verdict so much larger than what Microsoft paid Fraunhofer?
The disparity is large, but it’s not unheard of, Bromberg said. “What the patent holder would be willing to do by way of a license deal at the front end might be very different than what they are able to recover when the defendant says, ‘We’re not going to pay you a penny,’ and they have to take it to the mat and go all the way through the litigation process,” Bromberg said.
