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ANALYSIS: False Patent Marking Claims Under the Lanham Act

Section 292 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. §292, led a relatively quiet existence prior to the Federal Circuit’s recent false patent marking decision in Forest Group Inc. v. Bon Tool Co., 590 F.3d 1295, 93 USPQ2d 1097 (Fed. Cir. 2009)(79 PTCJ 247, 1/8/10). Since that decision, plaintiffs have flooded the courts with complaints seeking relief for false patent marking. Many of these cases are limited to…

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