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To their regret businesses large and small are learning the hard way about the growing rash of patent false marking lawsuits filed around the country. 

Businesses with IP portfolios tend to overlook that their patents expire.  They continue to mark their products and packages with the numbers of the expired patents.  Sometimes this is out of ignorance; other times it`s an attempt to keep competition out of the market. 

General practitioners and corporate counsel often neglect to warn their clients that there`s a downside:  marking of product with expired patent numbers carries substantial legal and monetary risks.  In a series of rulings in 2009 and 2010, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals held that statutory damages of $500 per violation, i.e., for each unit of product offered for sale, can be awarded.  If the client sells wrenches priced at $3.00, but "falsely marked", the penalty can be $500 for every wrench in every tool bin in every hardware store where the wrench is on sale.  The potential damages can be huge:  10,000 units on sale throughout the country means exposure to $5,000,000 in damages. 

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Arizona Civil Remedies, 3rd ed. 2011, 2 volumes, $150*

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Arizona Tort Law Handbook, 2012  $185*

Contributing Editors: Steven Plitt & Steven J. Gross

 

Covers a broad spectrum of tort law in Arizona. Topics discussed range from basic torts (such as fraud and assault) to more complicated torts (such as products liability and medical malpractice). This handbook is an invaluable reference tool for Arizona lawyers, including discussions on many pertinent issues, including:

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