Please join us Monday, August 21, 2023 where we will discuss Trademark Marking Notice and TTAB Issues. Specific issues will include: What are the requirements of Trademark Marking Notice and how do they affect damages in a lawsuit? What about Virtual notice? In TTAB cancellation or Opposition Proceedings, what topics are permitted in Reply Briefs? [...]
Please join us Monday, May 8, 2023 where we will watch a video featuring Stuart Teicher, Esq. discussing mental health issues in the legal profession. This qualifies for one CA CLE credit for competence, and topics will include: Introduction Anxiety Stress, Burnout, and Balance Past the Breaking Points Depression & Suicide Anger Management Compassion Fatigue [...]
Please join us Monday, March 6, 2023 where we will discuss Rx patent monopoly issues and Lizzo's TM win. Specific case discussions will include: AbbVie Rx Patent Monopoly Strategy Against Biosimilars - AbbVie makes Humera for arthritis and extended its monopoly for 7 years past the 2016 expiration date of its basic patent on the [...]
Please join us on Monday, November 7, 2022 at 12:00 pm, where we will discuss the following: Sulzer Mixpac AG v. A&N Trading Co., 988 F.3d 174 (2d Cir. 2021) (decision here) - A&N petitions the Supreme Court for cert based on a final judgment and permanent injunction by the 2nd Circuit on TM [...]
Please join us on Monday, August 8, 2022 at 12:00 pm, where we will discuss the following: Novartis Pharm. Corp. v. Accord Healthcare, Inc., 38 F.4th 1013 (Fed. Cir. 2022) (rehearing decision here) - Novartis prevailed in the 5th Circuit on the validity of its claims under the Written Description Requirement based on a negative [...]
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 [...]