Lawyer who copied and filed substantial portion of draft brief of co-party on appeal held to have violated copyright laws
Patent – Patently-O 2016-09-18
Summary:
The court in Newegg Inc. v. Ezra Sutton, PA (CV 15-01395 TJH C.D. Cal. Sept. 2016) (here), faced some interesting facts. Boiled down, a lawyer representing a co-appellee of Newegg at the Federal Circuit copied a substantial portion of a draft brief written by a lawyer for Newegg, and filed it. According to news reports, after […]