TGIP Inc. v. AT&T Corp., et al.

TGIP, Inc.

McKool Smith secured a key trial court victory for TGIP Inc. in a suit against AT&T Corp. over two patents covering point-of-sale activation of telephone calling cards.  In addition to awarding the full amount of damages requested by TGIP, the jury’s finding of williful infringement against AT&T allows the court, at its discretion, to triple the jury award.  The verdict was ranked as the 9th largest jury verdict of 2007 by VerdictSearch.

A settlement was reached with co-defendant MCI/Verizon only two days into trial.  The case settled favorably to TGIP while on appeal to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.