In addition to that past damage award, the jury also granted a reasonable royalty rate of 3.5% on the search-advertising revenue of infringing firms.

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On Nov. 16 the two companies settled a dispute over the drug and amended the license agreement, giving Gilead a higher royalty rate of up to 22%.

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Simply because that royalty rate keeps eating all of any new revenue.

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In a debate over the weekend between the Liberal party, PQ, Coalition Avenir Quebec and Quebec Solidaire, Marois said she would impose a minimum 5% royalty rate on the gross value of all mining production.

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Most publishers offer a digital royalty rate that amounts to 10% to 15% of a book's retail price.

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The U.S. Interior Department's royalty rate for deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is 18.75%--up from 12.5% two years ago.

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