An individual (and registered patent attorney) living Norfolk County, MA has sued Professional Coin Grading Service (Santa Ana, CA) and others for a variety of counts including Lanham Act violations, conversion, trade secret misappropriation, and breach of contract related to the defendants’ purported co-opting of the plaintiff’s (patent pending) AURA System for coin safeguarding, labeling, and monitoring. The footnote filled complaint alleges that he pitched his system to the defendants under a confidentiality agreement but that they turned around and used it for themselves without compensation.
Blake v. Professional Coin Grading Service, 11-11531-WGY (D. Mass. Aug. 31, 2011)
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