Gaspare J. Bono

Gaspare J. Bono is a Partner at Dentons, based in Washington, DC, focusing on Competition Law. He is a seasoned trial lawyer with particular experience in competition and antitrust and litigating patent infringement cases. His practice includes jury and bench trials from New York to California and appellate advocacy before several federal courts of appeals, including the Federal Circuit.

Gap graduated from Georgetown University Law School and clerked for The Honorable John T. Elfvin, United States District Court, Western District of New York. He writes frequently on legal issues and has continually been rated AV Preeminent by his peers for both legal ability and ethical standards.

His antitrust and competition practice covers civil class actions and criminal cartel investigations, as well as mergers and joint ventures. He counsels clients on a broad range of antitrust and competitive issues, including antitrust audits, brand protection, business counselling, compliance programmes, supply chain dealings, competitor collaborations, government contracting, IP licensing, international cartel investigations, class actions, marketplace protection, mergers and acquisitions, pricing practices, trade associations and unfair competition.

His representative antitrust matters include defending Farbest Foods in numerous turkey price-fixing class actions and direct actions, including Olean Wholesale Grocery Cooperative v. Agri Stats, Winn-Dixie Stores v. Agri Stats, Target Corporation v. Agri Stats and US Foods v. Agri Stats; representing Shinyei entities in the In re Capacitors Antitrust Litigation and related DOJ and European Commission investigations, successfully defeating class certification and obtaining termination of the DOJ investigation with no further action; representing Siriusware and accesso Technology Group in Mountain Pass v. Sirisuware, securing dismissal affirmed by the Second Circuit; and defeating a US$47 million damages claim in U-Can-II v. Pro Net Global as lead trial counsel while prevailing on an internet defamation counterclaim.

In his patent and intellectual property practice, Gap litigates patent infringement cases in federal district courts throughout the country and before the International Trade Commission. He was lead trial counsel in a patent infringement action in which he obtained a US$52.5 million jury verdict for his client, in addition to a jury finding of willful infringement, which Bloomberg ranked as one of the ten largest patent verdicts of the year. As lead counsel for a French government entity, he litigated a patent infringement case against six of the largest LCD manufacturers in the world, negotiating licence agreements for substantial royalties with all defendants prior to trial and obtaining a significant Federal Circuit decision on personal jurisdiction over foreign companies.

His representative patent cases include LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. v. Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd., obtaining a US$52.5 million jury verdict; Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., against the six largest vertical alignment LCD manufacturers; LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd v. Tatung Company, obtaining a US$53.5 million verdict for willful infringement; Eidos Display, LLC v. Innolux Corporation, obtaining a US$4.1 million verdict enhanced to US$8.2 million with final judgment of nearly US$10 million; and Buckhorn, Inc. v. Orbis Corporation, winning dismissal on a licence defence and a fee award in excess of US$3 million.

His practice areas include appellate advocacy, competition and antitrust litigation, intellectual property and technology, litigation and dispute resolution, patent litigation, trade secrets litigation, and trademark and copyright litigation. He holds a JD from Georgetown University Law Center (1976) and a BS from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School (1972), and is a member of the American Bar Association, The District of Columbia Bar and the New York State Bar.