LG Electronics protected against monopolization and attempted monopolization claims and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act claims in patent infringement case

Finnegan represented an LG Electronics (“LGE”) subsidiary involved in iris recognition technology in a patent infringement case. The patentee accused LGE of violating a license agreement, misappropriating trade secrets, and infringing the patentee’s U.S. patents. Both sides filed antitrust and unfair competition counterclaims. The patentee also filed foreign corrupt practices act claims after losing several large foreign public tenders involving the technology to LGE. Finnegan was lead counsel on both the intellectual property (patent and trade secret) and the antitrust and unfair competition claims, and secured an extremely favorable resolution of all claims, enabling LGE to purchase the critical software and continue using the underlying technology.