For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, August 26th, 2019, we are pleased to welcome Eric P. Rose who will give a talk entitled “3 Keys to Successful New Products.” This talk will cover a product innovation process Eric has coined as, “3 Keys to Successful New Products” which includes the Marketability, Technical [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, August 19th, 2019, we will discuss the following cases: Gold Value International Textile, Inc. v. Sanctuary Clothing, LLC (9th Cir. June 2019) (available here). Gold Value alleged defendant copied its fabric design, which was used to manufacture a blouse that was later sold by defendant at [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, August 12th, 2019, we will discuss copyright registration of software, websites, and games at the United States Copyright Office. For our discussion we will review the following materials: Copyright Compendium 1500 Deposits (here) Circular 61 (Registration of Computer Programs) (here) Circular 66 (Registration of Websites and [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, August 5th, 2019, we will discuss the following cases: Nuvo Pharmaceuticals v. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Inc. (CAFC 2019) (available here). Plaintiff sued defendant for patent infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,926,907 and 8,557,285 relating to combination dosing of pain relief drugs. At trial defendant asserted the [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 29th, 2019, we will discuss the Federal and State regulations of trademarks related to the Cannabis industry. To facilitate the discussion we will use the following materials: California Guidance (here) California Code of Regulations, Title 17 Chapter 13 (here) USPTO Guidance (here) In re Canopy [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 22nd, 2019, we will discuss the following case. Grasshopper House, LLC v. Clean & Sober Media LLC (C.D. Cal. 2019) Plaintiff and defendant were both involved in the business of rehab clinics. Defendant's clinic was accused of posting false internet reviews regarding plaintiff's clinic, in [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 15th, 2019, we will discuss the following case. Spireas v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, (3d Cir. 2018) Spireas earned $40 million in royalties from licensed technology from 2007-2008. Royalties paid under a license agreement are generally taxed as ordinary income at 35 percent. Spireas claimed [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 1st, 2019, we will discuss the recent Supreme Court decision Iancu v. Brunetti. Erik Brunetti sought federal registration of the trademark FUCT. The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) denied the application under 15 U. S. C. §1052(a) of the Lanham act which prohibits registration of [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, June 24th, 2019, we are pleased to welcome our guest speaker Thomas Neches. Thomas Neches, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA, CFE, shares his thirty-four years of trial testimony experience in a discussion of a patent infringement case in which he recently testified as plaintiff's damages expert in USDC Santa [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, June 3rd, 2019, we will discuss the following cases: AVX Corp. v. Presidio Components, Inc, (CAFC May 13th 2019) (Available Here). Presidio and AVX both produce ceramic capacitor components. AVX petitioned the USPTO for IPR review of several patents owned by Presidio. the Patent Office granted [...]