George Brett Knocks One Out in Patent Dispute

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with Hall of Famer George Brett and his sporting goods company in a patent dispute over the name of a line of baseball bats.   The panel of judges affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the plaintiff’s claims were frivolous, finding specifically that that the plaintiff was “stockpiling unused marks,” and that Brett was also entitled to attorney’s fees.   Brett got into the sporting goods business when, along with his brothers, he