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Schedule A Defendent (SAD) Schemes are a United-States endemic variant of Intellectual Property lawsuit. Typically, these lawsuits start with a *sealed* Schedule-A-Defendent list, followed by an Ex-Parte-Temporary Restraining Order to shut down online retailers. Those TROs often force the alleged infringers into settlement.
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How come a SAD Scheme is not litigation misconduct in the first place?
I recently found out about a "Schedule A Defendent" Scheme, where an IP Rightholder files a lawsuit, puts hundreds of defendants in a sealed Schedule A form, and then does not service the ...
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