Stauffer v. Brooks Brothers, No. 13-1180 (Fed. Cir. July 10, 2014)

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Pro se p laintiff-appellant Raymond E. Stauffer brought this qui tam action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in 2008. 1 In his suit, Mr. Stauffer sued defendant -appellee Brooks Brothers, Inc. (“Brooks Brothers”) under the then- extant version of the false- marking statute , 35 U.S.C. § 292 (2006).2 Mr. Stauffer alleged that Brooks Brothers violat- ed the statute by marking its bow ties with expired patent numbers. In 2011, while Mr.