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Plagiarism admission costs legal firm £45,000 in damages
18 Mar 2021 / intellectual property Print

Plagiarism costs legal firm £45,000 in damages

A British law firm specialising in data breaches which admitted to sending plagiarised claim letters has paid £45,000 damages to a competitor, the Law Gazette of England and Wales has reported.

Widnes-based Hayes Connor agreed the out-of-court settlement with national firm JMW after sending the letter on more than 200 different occasions.

Infringement

A claim for copyright infringement was about to come to trial when Hayes Connor acknowledged having reproduced part of a letter drafted by legal staff at JMW and using it without permission.

The firm, set up in 2017, branded itself ‘The Data Breach Experts’. It is now under new management.

The JMW letter had been used in 242 cases.

Hayes Connor also agreed to pay JMW’s costs.

 

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