Bayerische Motoren Werke AG v. Onesta IP, LLC

Functioned as lead counsel for BMW. After a non-practicing entity (NPE) asserted two U.S. patents in Munich, Finnegan filed a declaratory-judgment action in the Western District of Texas and obtained an ex parte temporary restraining order (TRO) as well as an anti-suit injunction barring foreign enforcement of those U.S. patents. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed Onesta’s appeal, awarded costs to BMW as prevailing party, and left the injunction intact. The case resolved with a worldwide, irrevocable covenant not to sue, covering BMW, affiliates, customers, and the accused products.