On October 22, 2021, the United States Court of Federal Claims released an opinion awarding SecurityPoint more than $100 million in damages for the United States' unauthorized use of SecurityPoint's U.S. Patent No. 6,888,460.
A Sheppard Mullin trial team led by partners Brad Graveline and Laura Burson obtained one of the largest patent infringement damages awards against the United States of America for.
The U.S. government owes a patent holding company at least $103 million because of the Transportation Security Administration's misuse of its technology for handling trays at airport security checkpoints, a Washington, D.C.-based federal court said.