
Potter Minton attorneys, Mike Jones and Shaun Hassett, and a team of Gibson Dunn attorneys, led by Brian Rosenthal, won a patent trial in Waco, Texas before U.S. District Judge Alan Albright for Cisco Systems, Inc., a longtime client. The Cisco team won a judgment as a matter of law before closing arguments that resulted in a complete victory for Cisco.
The ruling capped off a complete defense victory over the course of the entire case: The plaintiff originally filed suit in 2022 with five asserted patents, and the Cisco team was able to whittle the case down by defeating multiple patents through motion practice, including winning two Rule 12(c) motions invalidating patents as ineligible under Section 101, and winning summary judgment of noninfringement of another patent, before winning the rest of the case during trial. The plaintiff had sought more than $376,000,000 in total damages; plaintiff had sought $120,000,000 at trial; the plaintiff will receive nothing as a result of the judgment.
Case: Corrigent Corp. v. Cisco Systems Inc.
Case number: 6:22-cv-00396
Court: The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Additional reporting:
Law360® – “Albright Clears Cisco at Close of $121M Network Patent Trial”