Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, Feb. 2 2015 will be a discussion of: Hana Financial, Inc. v. Hana Bank et al., Case No. 12-1211 (Sup. Ct. 1/22/15), available here: Approximately one year ago, we discussed this case when it was at the 9th Circuit. HFI sued HB and others for trademark infringement; The trial court [...]
Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, August 19, 2013 will be a discussion of a recent 9th Circuit decision regarding player likenesses in games and a non-precedential case at the TTAB involving the Morehouse defense. Brief synopses of the cases appear below. Seltzer v. Green Day, Inc., Case No. 11-56573 (9th Cir. August [...]
Our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, April 15, 2013 will be a discussion of two Federal Circuit cases regarding patents. Brief synopses of the cases appear below. Checkpoint Systems, Inc. v. All-Tag Security S.A., et. al. (Fed. Cir. March 25, 2013) (available here). At the district court, the defendant recovered attorney fees and [...]
We will be discussing two Federal Circuit cases during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, December 17, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. In Re Yamazaki, Case No. 2012-1086 (Fed. Cir. December 6, 2012) (attached). During the prosecution of U.S. Patent 6,180,991, Applicant Yamazaki filed a terminal disclaimer to overcome an obviousness-type double [...]
We will be discussing two Federal Circuit cases during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 30, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. Rates Tech., Inc. v. Mediatrix Telecom, Inc., Case No. 2011-1384 (Fed. Cir. July 26, 2012) (attached). In a patent infringement suit related to systems for converting existing telephone systems to [...]
We will be discussing one Federal Circuit case and one California Court of Appeals case during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, July 23, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. Wi-Lan, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc., Case No. 2011-1626 (Fed. Cir. July 13, 2012) (attached). Wi-LAN's attorneys at Kilpatrick Townsend (formerly Townsend & [...]
We will be discussing two Federal Circuit cases during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, June 25, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. Bard Peripheral v. W.L. Gore, Case No. 2010-1510 (Fed. Cir. June 14, 2012) (attached). The District Court for the District of Arizona had previously held that Gore had willfully infringed [...]
We will be discussing two recent Federal Circuit cases during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, February 6, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. Dealertrack v. Huber et al., Case No. 2009-1566, 1588 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 20, 2012) (attached). Dealertrack obtained patent protection for a process of applying for multiple loans simultaneously by [...]
We will be discussing two recent Federal Circuit cases during our weekly SoCal IP Institute meeting on Monday, January 16, 2012. Brief synopses are presented below. MarcTec, LLC v. Johnson & Johnson and Cordis Corp, Case No. 2010-1285 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 3, 2012) (attached). MarTec sued Johnson & Johnson and Cordis Corp. alleging infringement of [...]