Please join us on Monday, June 6, 2022 at 12:00 pm, where we will discuss the varying EU and US protections for Geographical Indicators (GIs) and GI Trademarks Please see GI slides here. Guy Cumberbatch, of counsel to SoCalIP, will lead the discussion.
Please join us on Monday, March 14, 2022 at 12:00 pm, where we will discuss the concept of Analogous Prior Art in Obviousness rejections, as well as delve into the issues in the Moderna-NIH conflict over Covid vaccine patent rights. Please see Analogous Prior Art slides here. Please see Moderna-NIH slides here, and patent filing [...]
Please join us on Monday, October 4, 2021 at 1:00 pm, where we will watch a video presentation on Professional Responsibility and Use of Technology by Nicole Clark, CEO of Trellis Research, Inc., hosted by the San Diego Law Library and originally aired on August 5, 2021. (video here) Please RSVP to Join the Discussion [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, August 2, 2021 we will discuss the following: The intersection between the three types of IP protection available for products. As set forth by the Supreme Court in the TrafFix case in 2001 (here), product configuration cannot be protected as trade dress if the product feature [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, April 26, 2021 we will discuss the following: Second Circuit Finds Andy Warhol’s Use of Prince Photograph Wasn’t All That Transformative After All - See The Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, Case No. 19-2420 (2d Cir. March 26, 2021) In a recent decision, the Second Circuit [...]