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Scooter Maker Files Suit.


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 filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court charging 15 competitors with a combination of patent and trade infringement.

At stake is several hundred million dollars in expected sales between now and year-end.

Razor USA, the Cerritos-based importer of the popular $100 scooter, wants the federal court in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  to block competitors from selling similar devices after it was awarded a patent for a design component of its hot-selling toy.

In its lawsuit, Razor said several companies copied its patented brake system. Others have copied the look of the scooter, including its oval foot-grip pad on the scooter's base, its polished aluminum frame and translucent-colored wheels.

Most of the targets of the lawsuit are in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , including K2 Inc. Variflex, GenX Sports Inc. and ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and  Products.
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Title Annotation:Razor USA
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Nov 13, 2000
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