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Tuesday
Mar022010

Patent Marking Police Strike Again - 100 Companies Now Affected by False Marking Suits

Yesterday, two plaintiffs (Patent Compliance Group and Bentley Hollander) who have already filed multiple false marking lawsuits since the Federal Circuit's Forest Group Inc. v. Bon Tool Co. decision, filed a total of five additional false marking suits in Texas and Pennsylvania.  This is on top of 27 false marking suits filed by a single plaintiff in Illinois last week.  These new cases bring the total number of false marking suits brought in the last two months to at least 68 lawsuits by 22 different plaintiffs against roughly 100 companies.

Gray on Claims has recently added a new feature to track these newly filed false marking cases, as well as those filed prior to the Forest Group decision.  Up-to-date false marking case information can be found here.

Other false marking resources available on Gray on Claims: