Largest patent case award
- Who
- Abbott Laboratory
- What
- 1670000000 US dollar(s)
- Where
- United States
- When
- 2009
In 2009 a jury found that Abbott Laboratory’s best-selling drug, Humira, violated a patent on Johnson & Johnson's Remicade and awarded JnJ $1.67 billion (then approx. £1 billion), the largest patent infringement damages award ever. However, in February 2011 Abbott Laboratory succeeded in overturning the verdict. As of August 2011, the case continued.