Loomis v. Cornish (9th Cir. September 2, 2016) (available here) In a copyright infringement action, the district court granted summary judgment to Defendant Cornish.  The 9th Circuit affirmed where Plaintiff Loomis failed to put forth admissible evidence establishing copyright infringement against R&B star Jessie J for allegedly stealing a vocal melody from plaintiff's song 'Bright Red [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, September 12, 2016, we will discuss the Proposed Update of the Antitrust Guidelines for Licensing Intellectual Property (IP Licensing Guidelines), available here.  A redlined version highlighting the changes is available here. The update reflects: “For the purpose of antitrust analysis, the Agencies apply the same analysis to conduct [...]

For our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, August 29, 2016, we will watch and discuss a video from the California Bar featuring Stanford Law professor Deborah Rhode.  Professor Rhode will present regarding happiness in the legal profession and it's relationship to legal competency. Then we will discuss the presentation and its relevance to [...]