A federal appeals court has opened the door for a gaming machine manufacturer to seek more than $287 million from a global Internet gambling company, saying that the machine maker’s original award of $2.6 million did not represent the total eligible for the Internet company’s forfeiture in a trademark suit.
The ruling is welcome news to a team of lawyers including, from Atlanta, Kilpatrick Stockton partner Theodore H. Davis Jr. and associate Louise T. Rains. They represented WMS Gaming of Waukegan, Ill., against Gibraltar-based PartyGaming PLC — which did not show up to contest the case, claiming the U.S. has no jurisdiction.
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