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Intellectual Property,
Criminal

Nov. 1, 2018

Racketeering and trademark trial against biker gang opens

A landmark racketeering trial targeting the Mongols motorcycle gang’s trademarked logos opened Wednesday with a federal prosecutor describing a ruthless organization that rewards its members for violent crimes and a defense lawyer blaming a law enforcement “deep state” perpetuating unwanted violence.

Racketeering and trademark trial against biker gang opens
Joseph A. Yanny

SANTA ANA -- A landmark racketeering trial targeting the Mongols motorcycle gang's trademarked logos opened Wednesday with a federal prosecutor describing a ruthless organization that rewards its members for violent crimes and a defense lawyer blaming a law enforcement "deep state" perpetuating unwanted violence.

"These folks have to justify their existence, their budgets, their staffing, their pensions," Mongols lawyer Joseph A. Ya...

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