Global litigation win achieved through careful strategic planning

In an international patent dispute involving courts in the United States and Switzerland, Finnegan guided client Swiss Post through a series of significant victories that ultimately led to a global settlement and favorable outcome to Swiss Post. In the U.S. case filed by RPost that involved patent infringement as well as trademark, false advertising, and Lanham act claims, Finnegan prepared and submitted a motion that resulted in all but the patent infringement claims being dismissed in the early stages of the case by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. We also worked in concert with counsel in Switzerland against concurrent injunction proceedings that were eventually dropped by RPost after the Swiss court's expert issued an invalidity opinion favorable to Swiss Post. The defense strategy also included filing a reexamination of the RPost patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which ultimately rejected all 89 claims in the patent based on prior art identified in our request. In addition, the district court in California agreed to stay the suit until the Patent Office issued a reexamination certificate. When the case resumed, Finnegan obtained critical admissions during the depositions of RPost's officers and expert and subsequently filed a motion for summary judgment on behalf of Swiss Post. A global settlement agreement between the parties was reached shortly thereafter.