They had planned to appeal anyway if they lost. Getting a damage award reduced on appeal is relatively common. And the problem with taking about the award amo

They had planned to appeal anyway if they lost. Getting a damage award reduced on appeal is relatively common. And the problem with taking about the award amount after arguing that the patent is flat-out invalid is that one can seem to be conceding the infringement argument. IANAL, but it seems like a reasonable gamble to me.