Overview
Civil Action No. 8:20-cv-00639-DNH-DJS (W. D. N.Y. 2020) and Design Patent D753,690.
Leason Ellis obtained 8 patents for its client Brian Greenfield on medicine caps that can be easily removed by patients with arteritis. In 2020, Greenfield brought a suit for infringement of his design Patent D763,690 against medicinal cap manufacturer Mold-Rite through SRIP Law and Leason Ellis. The complaint also charged Mold-Rite with theft of trade secrets, breach of a confidentiality agreement, unjust enrichment for correction of inventorship on a patent Mold-Rite obtained. The suit ended in 2021 with the dependent paying damages and a running royalty.