We will be discussing one Ninth Circuit case and one Federal Circuit case during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 9, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. Rearden LLC v. Rearden Commerce Inc., Case No. 10-16665 (9th Cir. June 27, 2012) (attached). Plaintiff Rearden LLC filed suit against Rearden Commerce, asserting numerous [...]
We will be discussing one Seventh Circuit case and one Federal Circuit case during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, April 30, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. Fail-Safe, LLC. v. A.O. Smith Corp., Case No. 11-1354 (7th Cir. Mar. 29, 2012) (attached). Fail-Safe manufactures anti-entrapment devices for pool drains. A.O. Smith manufactures [...]
We will be discussing one California antitrust case with patent law implications and one patent case pertaining to costs in litigation during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, November 28, 2011. Brief synopses are presented below. In re Cipro Cases I & II, D056361 (Cal. App. Oct. 31, 2011) (attached). On appeal, Plaintiffs [...]
We will be discussing two patent cases in our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, October 24, 2011. Brief synopses are presented below. Sanofi-Aventis et al. v. Apotex Inc., Case No. 2011-1048 (Fed Cir. Oct. 18, 2011) (attached). This is the third appeal in a long-running dispute between these two companies regarding the manufacture [...]
Please join us for the SoCal IP Institute meeting, Monday, November 15 at Noon. This activity is approved for 1 hour of MCLE credit. If you will be joining us, please RSVP to Amanda Jones by 9 am Monday. We will be discussing the following: Nuance Comm. V. Abby Software House, 10-1100 (Fed. Cir. Nov. [...]