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Amid expanding technology markets, last year's $117.3 million award in was just one of a burgeoning number of blockbuster verdicts in intellectual property cases. Lawyers say there's a direct correlation between IP jury verdicts and the importance of the technology protected by the patent, with companies increasingly viewing IP as an asset to be exploited -- and increasingly inclined to bring such cases to trial.