Follow POL on Twitter The Federal Circuit's Tuesday ruling in Stauffer v. Brooks Brothers permits qui tam relators to sue over mismarked patents, even when they have not personally been injured; together with an earlier decision that the $500 fine for violating the statute is calculated per mismarked item, rather than per incident, exposes manufacturers to potentially billions of dollars of liability. Naturally, a number of plaintiffs' lawyers are engaging in rent-seeking. [WSJ; Reuters; Bloomberg]
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Laura Eyi Press Officer, Manhattan Institute leyi@manhattan-institute.org |
