Victory In Patent Infringement Case
January 4, 2010David J. Beck and Alistair Dawson served as trial counsel for a medical device company in a patent infringement lawsuit. The plaintiff claimed that the Firm's client had infringed patents relating to retractable syringes. The case was tried to a jury before United States District Judge David Folsom in Marshall, Texas. The plaintiff sought damages totaling $225 million. However, the jury only awarded damages of $5 million and found that the alleged infringement was not willful. The verdict will be appealed.