Finnegan secures dismissal for Verizon in multi-district litigation filed by Bear Creek Technologies, Inc.

Bear Creek Technologies, Inc. filed suit in the Eastern District of Virginia against Finnegan client Verizon, along with numerous other major telecommunications companies, alleging infringement of a patent that Bear Creek claimed generally related to Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology. After a Markman hearing, the court transferred the case to the District of Delaware for consolidated pretrial proceedings with the other defendants in a multi-district litigation (MDL). The Delaware court decided to stay the proceedings pending a third-party reexamination of the patent-in-suit. After nearly five years of litigation, Finnegan secured a dismissal of the suit against Verizon with prejudice, without the need for dispositive motions or a trial.