On March 23, 2026, a Sheppard IP trial team achieved a settlement resolving the largest reported patent infringement damages judgment against the United States for client, SecurityPoint Holdings, Inc (SecurityPoint). SecurityPoint sued the United States for infringing a SecurityPoint patent covering the use of wheeled carts to organize and transport the gray bins TSA uses at airport security screening checkpoints.
On June 3, 2025, the Court of Federal Claims entered judgment for SecurityPoint in the amount of $170,647,991, plus post-judgment delay damages until the judgment is paid. The government appealed to the Federal Circuit, challenging the patent's validity, SecurityPoint's standing to sue and the amount of damages. Several days after SecurityPoint filed its response brief, the Department of Justice agreed to settle the case for $185,000,000—nearly $15 million more than the judgment—reflecting, among other things, the government's risk of liability for SecurityPoint's attorneys' fees and additional delay damages.
The Sheppard team was led by Brad Graveline and included Yasamin Parsafar, Mike Hopkins and Todd Lundell.