DAMAGES, COMPENSATORY - Amount
of money adequate to compensate for any actual damages
caused by the party against whom they awarded. Also
awarded for things that are harder to measure, such
as pain and suffering. (As opposed to punitive damages.)
Patent. Amount of money adequate to compensate for
any infringement, but in no event less than the amount
of money the plaintiff would have received if the
defendant had been paying the plaintiff a reasonable
royalty for using the patent during the period of
infringement. The law does not permit the award of
a greater sum than the monetary loss the plaintiff
suffered as a result of the defendant's infringement.
35 U.S.C.
