Perspective
Apr. 10, 2010
New Cottage Industry: Boon or Bust?
Rod Berman of Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro discusses the issues surrounding the recent floodgate of false patent marking lawsuits.
Legal cottage industries built upon claims of intellectual property infringement are established and growing. For example, in the apparel field, entities purporting to own copyrighted fabric designs are employing the Copyright Act to obtain huge numbers of copyright registrations and using those registrations as a basis to seek damages from manufacturers and distributors. Although such businesses often do not manufacture any garments, as ...
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