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Otherwise, mostly a very solid-looking analysis.
Indeed, I suspect the size of the award was based largely on the judge's perception that RIM had acted in bad faith during previous phases of litigation. I remember reading accounts of the judge being exasperated by the subbornness demonstrated by both sides. I think the ultimate constraint on these sorts of awards is the patience of the judge(s) who would be issuing the injunction.
"An industry has developed in which firms use patents not as a basis for producing and selling goods but, instead, primarily for obtaining licensing fees. . . . For these firms, an injunction, and the potentially serious sanctions arising from its violation, can be employed as a bargaining tool to charge exorbitant fees to companies that seek to buy licenses to practice the patent."