In December 2016, a U.S. federal court ruled that the amount of compensation for damages that Samsung paid to Apple should be reduced. This signified that the amount of damages for patent infringement should only take into account the gains associated with the patent in question, necessitating a quantitative assessment to determine the patent-related portion of the product and the contribution of the patent to sales.

The seminar focused on the issue of calculating the amount of compensation for damages in intellectual property disputes. In particular, there was a focus on the issue of the contribution-to-sales ratio, which can often prove a point of contention in Japanese courts, and Japanese court precedents and hypothetical case studies were also touched on, with a detailed explanation given on how to prove the amount of compensation for damages by using economic analysis and consumer questionnaires.