Goodwin Procter’s litigation attorneys have recently delivered key victories on a wide range of complex legal matters for clients including:
Goodwin Litigators Prevail in Major Patent Contempt Trial for ePlus
A team of Goodwin IP litigators won a significant victory on August 16 for client ePlus, a leading provider of IT products and services. Judge Robert E. Payne of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found that Lawson Software was in contempt of its permanent injunction order, and that Lawson’s alleged redesign of its electronic procurement systems continued to infringe ePlus’s patent. The injunction was based on a trial victory that Goodwin obtained for ePlus in January 2011. The court ordered that Lawson pay a compensatory award of $18.2 million, plus a daily fine thereafter of $62,362 until it purges the contempt.
Read more on this case.
Goodwin Litigators Win Significant Appeal for Teva Pharmaceuticals
Goodwin Procter litigators recently won an appeal on behalf of client Teva Pharmaceuticals in the products liability case Guarino v. Wyeth, LLC. In its opinion, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Teva and rejected a theory of liability that plaintiffs’ counsel have pursued against generic drug companies since the PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing decision.
Read more on this case.