A Connecticut attorney dodged sanctions in a Texas federal court after explaining misrepresentations he’d made in filings concerning patent reexamination proceedings.
Sanctions aren’t necessary because Lance Liu lacks a previous history of disciplinary proceedings, withdrew from the case, and took responsibility for his errors in subsequent filings, Judge Robert Pitman ruled Sept. 26 in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Pitman ordered the show-cause hearing after finding Liu filed misrepresentations in the case on behalf of former clients, inventor Wenyong Yue and Chinese retailers Botail and Cool Essential, in a dispute between Amazon retailers over competing ...
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