Oracle Corp. v. Sap Ag

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• concluding that the district court selected the incorrect lost-profits amount when setting the remittitur in copyright infringement case involving computer software
• “An award of hypothetical- 5 license damages is appropriate provided the amount is not based on undue speculation.” 6 (citation modified)
• “Although ‘actual 23 damages’ can be awarded in the form of lost profits, hypothetical-license damages also constitute 24 an acceptable form of ‘actual damages’ recoverable under Section 504(b).”
• “We review for abuse of discretion a remittitur amount set by the district court.”
• “A 20 remittitur must reflect ‘the maximum amount sustainable by the proof.’” (quoting D & S 21 Redi-Mix v. Sierra Redi-Mix and Contracting Co., 692 F.2d 1245, 1249 (9th Cir. 1982)
• “A remittitur must reflect the maximum 12 amount sustainable by the proof.”

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