A Broward County small business has hit a Swedish ultra-luxury bedding company that sells goods, such as a $400,000 mattress, with a federal trademark lawsuit for the alleged “misuse and abuse” of the U.S. legal system.

James A. Gale, a co-chair of intellectual property litigation and a partner at Cozen O’Connor, is not involved in the lawsuit that the small business plaintiffs, Smart Deals Inc. and Jojo Designs LLC, collectively known as Sweet Jojo, filed before U.S. District Judge Raag Singha, who sits in the Southern District of Florida. It is against the defendant Hastens Sangar AB.

FILE: Anuraag Singhal testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be U. S. District judge for the Southern District of Florida, on Wednesday, September 11, 2019. U.S. District Judge Anuraag Singhal of the Southern District of Florida. Photo by Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM