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Early mediation helps Nikon avoid discovery and trial

Case Citation: DNZ Products LLC

Nikon Corporation and Nikon Inc.

Finnegan helped Nikon Inc. in a design patent and trade dress infringement suit, settling the suit and limiting Nikon's involvement, before engaging in costly discovery. In this case involving scope mounts for a rifle, Finnegan's comprehensive mediation brief established that our client did not infringe, and a favorable settlement followed.

Case Citation: DNZ Products LLC v. Nikon Corporation and Nikon Inc., 1:12-cv-00326, M.D.N.C., Judges Auld, Osteen, Webster

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