By Paula Frederick and Jacob Martin ( April 23, 2021, 12:25 PM EDT) -- A patent grants the holder the “right to stop others from making, using or selling [his/her] invention from the day the patent is granted to a maximum of 20 years after the day on which [the holder] filed [his/her] patent application” (Canadian Intellectual Property Office). As such, one may think that compensation for the infringement of a patent would be limited to the life of the patent. However, based on a number of court decisions, this is not the case....