Winston & Strawn’s $1B Jury Verdict for Monsanto Ranked No. 3 in “Top 100 Verdicts of 2012”

On August 1, 2012, Winston & Strawn’s client Monsanto Co. was awarded $1 billion in a patent-infringement trial against DuPont Co. over Monsanto’s patent for making Roundup Ready crops. The verdict was ranked No. 3 on The National Law Journal affiliate VerdictSearch’s Top 100 Verdicts of 2012.

This “remarkable” $1 billion jury verdict earned George Lombardi, who led the team representing Monsanto, a “Litigator of the Week” honor and an “Intellectual Property MVP” recognition by Law360. Mr. Lombardi discussed the case with the National Law Journal in the article, “In No. 3 Verdict, Monsanto Scores Over Seed Patent,” published March 4, 2013.

“There was a clear story here that the jury could follow about what DuPont had done in this case, about the impor­tance of the Monsanto invention and the harm that was done through the infringement,” said Mr. Lombardi.

George Lombardi is a litigation partner and chairman of the firm’s nationally recognized 200-attorney intellectual property practice.