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What bothers me almost as much is that an actual, bar-card-carrying attorney demanded that a company cease "copyright infringement" on the basis of a trademark.

• Oculus 12y ago
  Do lawyers face any repercussions for representing frivolous cases that are used as an abusive tactic?
  • pstrateman 12y ago
    Theoretically yes, in practice? depends on who they piss off
  • ChrisGaudreau 12y ago
    It can hurt their reputation, at the very least. Beyond that, I doubt it.
  • meddlepal 12y ago
    Depends who they piss off to some degree. If a successful claim can be made that they are being unethical they can also be disbarred.
• waiwai933 12y ago
  As far as the NY attorney database shows, there is only one licensed attorney with that name, and he works for a bank, and so likely does not deal with IP law. Plus, the fact that a home address is used on the letterhead suggest that he may have written it as a favor to a friend. Although admittedly, an attorney practicing in a area that isn't his area of expertise is not much better (and maybe worse). Interestingly, most of the letter seems to have been taken from [1] and [2]. Yes, it's copyright infringement. No, most lawyers don't care if copyright of their legal documents have been infringed. [1]: https://www.z2systems.com/np/publicaccess/neonPage.do?pageId=3415&orgId=ibpa& https://www.z2systems.com/np/publicaccess/neonPage.do?pageId... [2]: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:TjCi1WPcrvoJ:www.jdsupra.com/post/fileServer.aspx%3FfName%3D68addbfa-652a-4095-b35b-8cea0299ece4.doc+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&client=safari http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:TjCi1WP...