It was Feb. 23, during the first session of the U.S. Supreme Court after Justice Antonin Scalia had died. Countryman was at the counsel table with a case he'd had since 2007, one whose outcome will determine how punitive damages could be awarded in patent cases. "It was awesome," he said. "The black-draped chair, the somber mood, and the kind of case you dream of in law school."
Countryman had persuaded a federal jury that ...
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