Can You Promote Expired Patents?

A U.S. district judge has said its unconstitutional for plaintiffs to sue on claims that expired patents have appeared on defendant products. That the matter, instead, was a function of the federal government.

                       

This type of lawsuit had become another profit center for aggressive lawyers.

 There are many issued patents, particularly on consumer items. And patents have a limited life. It isn’t always convenient to get the patent notice off a label soon after expiration. Or, is it a crime to let folks know you had the original patent in the first place?

But it’s hard to stop lawyers from trying. There are so many of them. And they have to make a good living the best way they can. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)