For months, an obscure Texas company run by doctors has been operating a Web site, DoctorsKnowUs.com, that compiles and posts the names of plaintiffs, their lawyers and expert witnesses in malpractice lawsuits in Texas and beyond, regardless of the merit of the claim.
"Braschi is not limited to gay couples," said Nan D. Hunter, a professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, referring to the name of the plaintiff in that case.
"That's the key thing a lot of people have missed when they say the Supreme Court enhanced the rights of patent owners," said James T. Carmichael, secretary of the Association of Patent Law Firms and co-author of a supporting brief filed in what is known as the Festo case, after the name of the plaintiff.
(TechCrunch is publishing the name of the plaintiff since the suit does not use a pseudonym such as Jane Doe. When reached today, Clougherty's legal counsel confirmed that the plaintiff is not requesting anonymity).
On the left side of the pleading paper, state the full name of the plaintiff in the case.
His ruling led to a rewriting of the decree that established the original guidelines governing police investigations of political activity, which were known for the name of the original plaintiff in the 1971 lawsuit, Barbara Handschu.
She chose to use pseudonyms for most of the people who appear in the book but kept the names of the plaintiffs and a few other members of the church unaltered.
Correction: January 11 , 2001 Thursday An article in Business Day on Tuesday about the settlement of a lawsuit against the Ford Motor Company and Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. misstated the name of the institute where the plaintiff, Donna Bailey, is hospitalized.
Cases like this can be slightly harder to win than ones having to do with a traditional symbol or a word — such as the Converse star, or the name of the brand itself — because the plaintiff has to prove that the elements of its design, even if they're already trademarked, are truly associated with the brand in the eyes of consumers.
In both suits, the allegations are brought on behalf of named plaintiffs and potentially thousands of others billed in error through a class action sought by lawyers. .
