Article: Leinoff seen winning fight over fur feathering process. (David Leinoff)

NEW YORK (FNS) -- Furrier David Leinoff appears to be winning a long-running legal battle to protect his patented feathering process used to create a stripe effect in long-haired fur coats.

Leinoff's latest lawsuit, the fifth in eight years, was filed here last June and charged 12 area fur manufacturers and retailers with infringing on the patent. Injunctions and damages were sought. Although the suit is pending, six of the defendants say a settlement with Leinoff is near.

"The patent has been ruled valid. There's almost no chance of winning," said Michael Sweedler of the law firm Darby & Darby. "Anyone using the process would be foolhardy not to pay ...

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