For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, June 1st, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Esip Series 2, LLC v. Puhzen Life USA, LLC (CAFC 2020)(available here) ESIP Series 2 LLC appealed a decision from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board stating that certain claims of ESIP’s patent were invalid as obvious. [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, May 18th, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Mondragon v. Nosrak LLC (D.Colo.) (available here) A District court in Colorado issued a unique sanction against a copyright troll. Plaintiff's counsel filed a multitude of copyright infringement suits around the country. Counsel has apparently not filed [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, May 11th, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Sinclair v. Ziff (S.D.N.Y) (available here) Plaintiff was a professional photographer and sued the owner of a website for posting her photo. The Southern District of New York however dismissed the complaint. Plaintiff had previously posted the [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, May 4th, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. (US 2020) (available here) The State of Georgia claimed copyright to an ebook containing the Annotated Official Code for the state of Georgia, the OCGA. The OCGA has every Georgia statute as well [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, April 27th, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Group, Inc. (US 2020)(available here) Romag Fasteners and Fossil entered an agreement to use Romag’s fasteners in Fossil’s leather products. Romag discovered that factories in China making Fossil products were using counterfeit [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, April 20th, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: In re Forney Industries, Inc. (CAFC 2020) (available here) The TTAB affirmed a refusal of Forney Industries' application on the basis that the mark applied for is one that can never be inherently distinctive. The Federal Circuit [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, April 13th, 2020 we will host a web presentation titled Lessons On Patenting Artificial Intelligence. The presentation will cover different strategies for patenting inventions relating to artificial intelligence and covers materials discussed during the 2020 Patski Conferance. SoCal IP's very own Steve Sereboff will head the [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, April 6th, 2020 we will discuss the following cases: VIP Products LLC v. Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. (9th Circuit 2020) (available here) VIP products filed a lawsuit to cancel Jack Daniel's registration for its famous bottle. The 9th Circuit affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in [...]
For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, March 30th, 2020 we will discuss the following case: Allen v. Cooper. (US 2020) (available here) A photographer sued the state of North Carolina for copyright infringement. Plaintiff was the exclusive photographer of a shipwreck in the ocean and discovered that the state of North Carolina [...]
The link below is to a Zoom call between Dr. David Prince and participants over the internet. Dr. David Prince is a medical doctor tasked with deciding what patients in New York get ventilators. The video contains advice on how to protect your family from Covid 19 and best practices for dealing with the current [...]