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Apr. 5, 2008

Weaving a Pattern of Infringement

Scott P. Shaw and other defense attorneys say they are trying to hold back a flood of copyright suits being filed by fabric designers.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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      SANTA ANA - If prints are the new black, are fabric printers with print-design copyright suits the new patent trolls?
      A new type of copyright suit is flooding the federal courts, particularly in Los Angeles: claims by small fabric printers and designers that competitors and major reta...

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